I have a '68 that I am restoring. It will need work just about everywhere, should I just go ahead and order the wiring kit so they can put in "as needed"? what's funny is, the cigarette lighter and door buzzer still work. put the key in and the buzzer goes off... it's amazing what still works after all these years

You could go ahead and buy the wiring kit, but if you want to keep costs down, you could probably get an ohm meter and test light and do some circuit testing and continuity checking -- its a labor-intensive process, but you would be able to identify all the wiring and tell whther or not its working

With Doug on this one. Get detailed schmatics of the wiring system; they're available. Also get a good crimper/wire stripper... and take your time. It isn't that difficult for the older applications. As for the new stuff... that's another matter!

capt

You are dealing with 40 year old wiring. If you are going to restore the vehicle from the ground up, do it right the first time. Contact American Auto Wire, find out your options and replace all the wiring....IMHO

thanks for the input. Doug: liked your pics... let me guess: you like red? Went to American Auto Wire- very cool website

You are dealing with 40 year old wiring. If you are going to restore the vehicle from the ground up, do it right the first time. Contact American Auto Wire, find out your options and replace all the wiring....IMHO

I second that... it would probably save you from future headaches....

I found it easier to replace the harnesses. My car had wires cut and spliced in all over the place that it was next to impossible to tell where the original wiring was and what had been hacked in. Saved a lot of time in troubleshooting wires and risking connecting something that may have been bypassed somewhere else on the car. It depends on if your wiring is fairly intact and installed as original or pieced together, but it may be more cost affective to replace the wiring harness than troubleshoot all the problems if you are paying someone to do it for you.

If you can become familiar with the harness you could repair just about anything. But if you dont want to get that intimate with each circuit and wire get the American Autowire kit. They are awesome!