Original Battery?

What battery would have been originally fitted to my 83 GTI? I presume BOSCH?? Doeas anybody have a pic of an original battery so that i can get some replica stickers made up??? Thanks

Might also have been a Varta or Deta.If you look on page 191 of Haynes manual 726 the picture shows a battery logo'd VW which would have been made for VW by a major battery manufacturer.

Cheers matey

I would assume with the fuel injection aspects, i would plump for Bosch....

i brought a origional battery from a show,dry never been filled,its a varta,ill get a photo
Bert

I dont think it really matters anyway, as all brands are still available.........

Bosch still do black cased red top, silver top and standard batterys……

 Varta and Deta are 99% white cased, but Varta do some light grey cases as well

 I can get you most batterys,as its my game….

Dry charged or wet.

522AYD said

I dont think it really matters anyway, as all brands are still available………

Oh it matters…………. :wink:  Im looking to replicate the look of the original as closely as possible. If anybody has pictures of a period battery of whatever make, that would be great. Stickers etc will have been updated over time but i want a genuine 80's look.

522AYD said

Bosch still do black cased red top, silver top and standard batterys……

 Varta and Deta are 99% white cased, but Varta do some light grey cases as well

 I can get you most batterys,as its my game….

Dry charged or wet.

Interesting. So can you get hold of some period photos or literature then? I would like to source a battery thats as close to original as possible and then change the stickers. Bosch would be my first choice, i must admit.

JUST let me know what you want............ok

522AYD said

JUST let me know what you want…………ok

Ill do a bit or research and get back to you. I would like a BOSCH battery and i suspect that the original ones were all black but ill check first. Can you get an 'all black' BOSCH?

right,by the look of the pics in various manuals,and by looking at old vw engine bay pics i would say varta are the origional choice.these pics are a old stock vw dealer supplied battery from late 80's,got it from a show to put on mine when i show it  :wink:  wont start it ofcourse  :wink:







Bert

BERT…………….

 I would imagine with that very low spec batery it was for a 1.1 or 1.3 golf…….

36 amp hour
and 175 cold crank, cant see it being for a 1.8 gti matey

I had one of those white varta batterys on a 1982 tintop.

522AYD said

BERT…………….

 I would imagine with that very low spec batery it was for a 1.1 or 1.3 golf…….

36 amp hour
and 175 cold crank, cant see it being for a 1.8 gti matey

i didnt say thats its for a gti 'mate' im just showing what a 80's varta looked like as the the origional poster wanted a picture of one, if it was for a gti it would have been a 44ah battery,same looking and same size!
Bert

Thanks very much guys. Very helpfull  :wink:  Ill start looking for one.

DAZ,

 if you still insist on buying a bosch battery try your local 'ANDREW PAGES' depot, they are one of the the only uk official bosch agents.

Andy

522AYD said

DAZ,

 if you still insist on buying a bosch battery try your local 'ANDREW PAGES' depot, they are one of the the only uk official bosch agents.

Andy

Thanks for the tip off mate, we have an Andrew Page locally  8)