Tom Walker wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

-> -> I've seen batteries from there,  and in fact got one for one car we 
-> -> had,  which they exchanged with no hassles when it wouldn't start 
-> -> the car.  But I have *no* idea who makes those.

-> TW>  Some years back they wqere made by Jonhson Controls. With those 
-> TW> prices they might be getting them from China. Next time I drop by I
-> TW> will have to examine all the battery lables closely.

-> I'm not sure who's making their stuff.  Never found anybody near their
-> batteries to ask any questions of,  either.

-> These days I think I prefer to go to Sears for batteries.

 TW>  Fro a nouber of years some time back I bought nothing but Sears
 TW> Batteries. Then I shifted to DELCO. Those were the days where I
 TW> wanted the Most dependable battery becaseu I and the Companion were
 TW> driving old sometimes hard Starting cars.

My biggest gripe about delco is that they're sealed.  Sometimes a
hydrometer is a handy thing to have,  to know what's going on in ways that
are a bit more difficult by other means.

 TW> Now with the newer dependable vehicles I just go with the 
 TW> Cheapest.

You probably don't tend to keep stuff as long as I do,  or mess with stuff
that's as old as I've tended to run.

 TW> And as I recal lthere are very few actual Battery manfacturers but 
 TW> many Brand Labels.

Sure.  But the mfr ain't the one that's gonna handle the warranty,  it's
the retailer,  that's why I made my choice.

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