Think You Had a Wiring Mess. Check This out!

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Years ago a good friend of mine acquired a little Chevy LUV truck with a blown SBC in it.
When doing some work under the dash he found the previous owner evidently either didn't have the correct wiring for what he wanted to do and didn't want to take the time to go get it - so he'd cut the cord off of a lamp and used that for some wiring.
It was a fire just waiting to start smoking.
My friend started the next morning to completely strip all wiring out of the truck and completely rewired it.
 
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Day two pictures coming.
 
Weighs about 15 pounds and takes a lot of muscle to turn it. Something industrial.
 
Blue heavy wire out of column, what is that for. It has a jumper connected to it that goes to a small relay and a wire to the rear of the car. Any idea what the blue wire is?
 
That switch looks like a battery disconnect like you would use on the back of a race car.
 
Now the not so easy stuff. Where are my wire cutters? This school bus steering wheel sucks! I need to lose some weight. Where’s my beer?
 
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So here is a 2 day haul. This was only wiring from the dash to the rear. Found cigarette lighter plug hookups under each seat and one hanging down under the dash on the passenger side. Now I just have to figure the best way to get into the dash area, can’t see all the connections from below. I know I have cut out at least 20 fuses connections so at least he was safe. Made it this long huh?
 
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Hate to say it but removing the steering column may save you time in the long run. Not much room to work and you have plenty of it.
 
You must have bought that car from the same guy I bought my 67 Belvedere from. Once I got it home & drove it a bit, instant smoke under the dash. Drug it home & looked under with a flash light. It was an electricians nightmare with wires twisted together with nothing, some with electrical tape, some with household wire nuts, some with scotchloks & multiple other weird things. I ripped all of it out & started from scratch with an after market wiring kit (Ron Francis, I think).
 
Scotch locks were definitely part of this guys toolbox. Think I might save them and make my wife a bracelet.
 
I bought. '56 F100 in 1979. Had a 260 engine swapped into it. The swapper cut the subframe out of the Ford Fairlane it was in and welded it directly onto the top of the F100's frame rails.

The wiring was about the same.

BUT it was purchased in San Diego in 1974, driven back to Wisconsin without incident, and served as the PO's DD for five years before I bought it.
 
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