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Another thought (and this may be considered blasphemy) is this, Mil-spec might not be the best thing out there. For restoration, sure the mil-spec stuff is the way to go but lets face it, mil-spec is good, but it's made by the lowest bidder and what was high tech 40 years ago is a bit behind...

Ah ha! I finally found a pic of the old 4 bolt clamps I used to have on the Ramcharger. Note that the top plate of the clamp is lead, just like the rest of the clamp. The bolts screw into nuts that recess into the bottom of the clamp so you don't have to worry about stripping the threads out...

While this is very true, I still liked them on my old Ramcharger since it's electrical system was in a constant state of flux with me experimenting with different multiple battery setups, alternators, and a lot of accessories. They made it easy to add or subtract accessory wires at the battery...

RE: clamps The ones I posted claim to be mil-spec. They even list the spec number: But who knows exactly what that means or if they truly do conform to that spec. Here's a link to the terminal on NAPA's online Truck Parts catalog...

One clamp I have always loved to use, and now I'm having trouble finding a pic is a "military spec" terminal from NAPA that uses a 4 bolt "cap" to hold the wire in the terminal. The wire can be inserted from 3 directions and it's a really heavy clamp. Too bad I can't seem to locate any anymore.

Interestingly enough, NAPA carries the military spec terminals under part number PHI 8619 and similar ones that are also mil-spec under NW 728222 and NW 728223.