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Originally Posted by Terry Cain
Well, since it was brought up I'll add something to the mix. 68 and up Corvettes have the original battery located behind the drivers seat inside the interior less than 12 inches from the tunnel where the driveshaft is rotating. Think about that.
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Very bad deal there and I know first hand how bad.
I pulled an engine on a '69 Vette at home for a customer and we rebuilt the engine at the shop I worked at. An LT-1 350.
Reinstalled fresh engine and recall tugging on positive battery cable as it was very tight going on the starter solenoid.
Got engine running and all was ok after struggling with a few typical Corvette issues....
Started to drive it to work....a 10 mile ride....Heard some odd crackling noises and saw some smoke at the shifter console....realized something was burning up electrically under the console......pulled over and was able to push the console out of the way and stop the dead shorted battery cable that had been whacked repeatedly by the u-joint and had shorted out....console luckily was loose...
Car was dead in water.....parking brake did not work.....nosed it into a curb on a down hill street.....more to the story but that was plenty already...
I never had anything but bad things happen anytime I worked on a Corvette.....and I have a much worse story....!!!