Today I tackled the battery box. The original box that was fabricated for the Kübel was pretty large and offset taking up all of the foot well space for the right rear passenger. And it’s not very authentic being a simple large aluminum box. You can see here that it’s too big.
I decided to fabricate one that was more authentic looking. That would also solve the space problem. First to yank the old one, clean up under it and paint…
I found a great website done by Mr. R.Olgiati with detail information on the Kübel wagen and he also hosts drawings for the floorboards and the battery box. I used these plans to create a close approximation (size adjusted for the Volkswagen floor pan used in the Kooblekar. Here the materials are laid out for marking and cutting…
Part way done with assembling the cut parts…
Battery box done and installed, I just need to make the front latch…
