Just a note about my experience with the Turbo Start reproduction Group 24 Autolite battery. When Virginia Classic Mustang announced earlier this year that they were going to carry the battery I ordered one. When it arrived it was leaking acid around one terminal post. Brant and Michelle were very proactive in their efforts to address the issue. I received the replacement reproduction battery today, and that one is also leaking acid. I sent Michelle photos of the leaking battery and the acid-eaten shipping box, which she forwarded to Turbo Start. My understanding is that I am not the only person whose replacement battery was defective.
Two questions:
1. Other manufacturers are able to make sealed AGM batteries. Why should this be any different?
2. What is the possibility that an existing AGM battery (e. g., Exide flat top) could be repackaged to resemble a correct appearing Group 24 Autolite battery?