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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
While in Illinois I bought a child's car at an antique store.
It is not a pedal car but takes some sort of battery. It is a Keeblers Indy car. I cannot find any names on it but it has a small electric motor with a reduction gear attached to the right rear wheel. there is two small foot operated switches and a two prong plug which apparently goes to the battery. There is a small bracket for a battery under the tail of it. The size of the battery is about 2.5" tall and 5.5 x 9" length and width.
I would like a battery to fit the bracket that can be charged over and over and will not have any ability to spill acid.
Any ideas?
Tom W
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I suppose it depends on how old it is, but many of the ride-on electric toy cars use similar (looking at least) sealed batteries. I picked up a Peg Perego Gaucho (Toyota Landcruiser) several years ago for my son that was on clearance at Sears for almost 1/2 price because it had a small crack in the floor (regular price retail would have been almost $500
). It runs on a 12v/12Ah sealed battery. I purchased an extra one just so he could still use it while the other was charging. It wasn't inexpensive as I recall but I don't remember what I paid. I would guess you could probably narrow the battery down by the harness. If not, I don't see any reason why you couldn't buy one of the replacement batteries and chargers and make an adapter to fit the motor harness. Peg Perego and PowerWheels (and many others I'm sure) sell replacement batteries for older models.
It is possible that it's a 6v but I don't know how you'd check without a motor number.