Should a Battery Tray be Tilted?

[Peters02]

Have a 72.  took the original tray and brace out over 2 years ago.  Have a replacement tray - exact to the rusted one I took out.  What's odd is that when I connect the brace to the bottom of the tray and tighten it all up the whole tray is one bubble out of being level - slanted inward towards the engine.
I've turned that brace upside down and all around about 10 times. I am at a loss.  It just seems too short.
a) is this slant correct?
b) anyone have any pictures for reference?

Thank you.
Peter

[TylerCharger69]

Um  one bubble?....is the car level???

[Peters02]

Yes, the car is level.

[charger Downunder]

Good question mine was tilted inwards in my charger and i always wondered the same thing. I packed the tray with a couple of washers to level it out.

[maxwellwedge]

Sounds like something is wrong there...

[68X426]

Funny you bring this subject up. I just saw a 440 Cuda Vert at the Auction at Hot August Nights (high ticket, $100k plus) that had the battery at a tilt. A very pronounced tilt, toward the engine. Had never seen that before, looked completely wrong.

I found a pic I took, it doesn't look tilted in the pic but it sure was. If you zoom in on the pic you really can't tell the angle, but it had to be 15-20 degrees off.

I don't know what to say, but it didn't look right. 

[Peters02]

Ah the mystery grows deeper.
I asked my father who purchased the car and he thought the battery was level. 
The kicker is that I have an original car (never damaged in the front end) and an original bracket yet I have a tilt.
I started to think it was for drainage purposes, but that does not seem right.
Maybe it's personal preference at this point.

Peter

[TylerCharger69]

Maybe the battery weight caused them to weigh down through time??

[Nacho-RT74]

mine isn't leveled either ( and we are talking about a diff frame there ) )