This is exactly what happened to Flopsy last year. The guy in California who we got her from fitted a new battery (the sort you top the acid up in), but put it on its side not realising the terminals wernt on the top. Result, when we get the car 4mths later we find the passenger carpet under the seat has been eaten away by acid and even the seatback was damaged too. I remember James Espey saying that piece of carpet is no longer available during the DMCH Warehouse Tour this year. Plenty of drivers side carpet, but no passenger side carpet. Bugger. Claire #2292 - Flopsy