TR6 battery replacement

It has been 10 year since I replaced my TR6 battery, last weekend it died so off to the auto parts store I go. My dead battery a group 24 diehard from Sears had the terminals almost in the dead center of the battery. All of the group 24 replacements I found have the terminals so close to the front that it looks like a missed placed jumper cable would short against the battery tie down if you where not extra careful with the placement. Next I brought my plastic battery box and the battery tie down into the store. A group 65 battery was the next closest fit, but it was causing the plastic box to bulge, and probably crack over time.

Maybe I am making too much of the closeness of the battery terminals to the battery tie down?

I would be interested if anyone else has run into this.

Dave Reinowski
Red '74 TR6