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Bob Eager wrote:
So clearly the battery *was* originally in the front. This is also shown
by an early photograph of the engine compartment, which shows the
battery (note that this particular version has the engine oriented the
other way round - later changed due to carburettor icing).

It was a major engineering job to turn the engine round, involving adding
transfer gears. And situating the battery right above the exhaust manifold
would have been a recipe for disaster.

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