Yep, those funky looking battery terminals were the the factory original battery cable terminals.
I agree on the variable position of the air cleaner decals. All the max wedge motors you see today have the air cleaner decals exactly centered up front, but I don't think that's the way they came. And I think they look better when not centered in front. However, new, factory fresh max wedges were before even my time, so I can't say for sure.
