Super battery location

[Blair Nelson/Elaine Babby <nelsonbabby@domain.elided>]

I am having some accident damage repaired at the front end of my Super and 
while they are at it I am planning to have the rust around the battery tray 
attended to.  They will have to remove what is left of the existing tray 
and there enters my question.  Shall I put the battery back in under the 
hood or move it to the trunk?  While the car looks essentially stock it is 
vaguely warmed over in the engine and suspension departments and is used 
ocassionally on the track.  I am interested in whether there might be any 
handling advantages for the Super by transferring some of the weight to the 
rear.  It has a tendency to understeer at the moment and there are various 
ways to address that problem but would this help at all?  It would make 
working under the hood easier but risks transferring rust problems to the 
trunk and is moving away from the stock configuration in case anybody had 
illusions about trying to restore this car to its original state.

Blair Nelson
67 Giulia Super
Seattle, WA

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