Topic: 68-71 Autolite group 24 battery identification?

[0F94M]

I have an autolite battery that I bought at a swap meet in the early 90's.. I was wondering if this is an original assembly line battery,  a service replacement, or a repro?
Thanks, Jim

[Bob Gaines]

It has a 1968 date stamp on the bottom case that the repros do not have . It has a assemblyline sticker dated for 1969 which may or may not be original. It has a heat stamp number marking on top side of the case that the assembly line batteries had but that repros do not. It does have two styles of original type battery caps.  Given that appearance it is much more likely that it is a genuine then it is a repro IMO.

[0F94M]

Bob,  thank you for your response.
I bought this in about 1990... iirc the 6th cap was broken and I replaced it with one I had lying around.  The tag was on the battery when I bought it.  The heat stamp on top reads 8EDB.  Am I correct in that a service replacement would have the month/year punch outs in the tag?

[Bob Gaines]

Bob,  thank you for your response.
I bought this in about 1990... iirc the 6th cap was broken and I replaced it with one I had lying around.  The tag was on the battery when I bought it.  The heat stamp on top reads 8EDB.  Am I correct in that a service replacement would have the month/year punch outs in the tag?

That is a yes on the service replacement service sticker. ECS reproduced a authentic assemblyline battery sticker but that was in the early 2000's I think.