Here are some pics...
...battery side, with the cover (and chrome "cheese grater" off --- btw, is there a better term for that piece?)? I'll be putting them back on eventually.

The battery strap is an adapted Speedmaster strap.
other side, with and without the America cover...


@Richard -- thanks again for the details above. Looking more closely at the engine, I could see where they put the plugs...
Ernie