72 Blazer: Side or Top Terminals?

[FirstOwner69]

Originally Posted by mike16

x2. if my truck wern't so origonal I would go with top terminals. dont know why they went that way. over in corvette world they say it was to allow a lower hood clearance. top post is much more durable and versitile.

If I correctly recall the hype at the time, the claim was that the side terminals are less likely to corrode. Based on personal observation, I think there's some truth to that. 1971 was the first year for side terminals.