American V8 battery cable

Not related to this specific product, but I purchased a set of reproduction battery cables from APD for my ‘69 AMX and was a bit perplexed. I bought the solenoid to starter cable, the positive battery cable and the negative battery cable. Nothing wrong with the solenoid to starter cable, but the clamp on the cable for the + terminal on the battery was too small and the clamp for the - terminal was too big. It’s like they reversed the clamp sizes, although the positive clamp is marked and they’re both going on a correct (although modern) Group 24 battery mfd. by Johnson Controls. If the posts on Group 24 batteries were sized differently 50 years ago that’s fine, but if you intend to drive your car with a modern battery it’s a problem. Another issue is that the clamps don’t appear to be made of lead and they are super-soft; when tightening up the clamp you’ll need to use two wrenches to prevent the bolt from rotating, even with the square end, to prevent chewing up the clamp. 

Edited by sweatlock - Nov/22/2022 at 9:26am