Engine harness for A body

[urchinhead]

I looked at the engine harnesses from Layson's, but they are all designed for a later A. I don't care about originality, looks, etc. Would one of these plug into my fuse panel? There's not much wiring, but I want to clean up the engine compartment, and don't really want to make one from scratch. 

[500stroked]

hey bud, i am in the process of building a street strip duster with a bb stroker, and i am going to use a painless 12 circuit universal wiring harness for everything. it is brand new, for under 300 bucks, no need to read resistances, seperate colors, no hassle.  I figure i don't want a fire or pain in the butt shorts and such. I would use that, the kit comes with a new fuse panel as well.

[Tacfire11]

Where are you getting your harness from?  I was thinking the same thing.  Does the harness include all the connectors? 

[west]

how about eliminating the bulkhead and connecting the wires,then run em thru a grommet.thats clean

[Jim_Lusk]

The wiring harnesses changed every year. For a non-original type car I would consider a generic wiring kit (like Painless).

[urchinhead]

I talked to Evans wiring (recommended on ABodyJoe's site). The guy told me that if I send in what is left of my original harness, that he can make me one that works. For some reason, he didn't have a template for 1964, only '63 and '65. Just my luck!

http://evanswiring.tripod.com/id3.html

[MikeR]

I used a universal harness, modified the bulkhead connector with a plate on each side and a hole with a large grommet to run the wires through.  I located the new blade style fuse block under the hood for easy access (I don't fit under the dash with the bars running past the doors).

[jacks62440]

I bought a 11 curcuit wiring harness from  4wheelinjunky( 1482) on E-Bay for $70 He say's he makes them himself, and they are "Nice" He uses Quality parts for everything . Cross Link wire etc. He make's different harness for any car. Check him out       Or you could buy one from painless for $300+

[urchinhead]

Bill Evans should be making up my harness right now. I'm planning on keeping the car fairly original as its unmolested ( except for the harness ) and in decent shape. Plus, the car already came from the factory with a small-block and four-speed, which is why I bought the car in the first place.

[x360x64dart]

i got an oe engine harness for my 64 from year one, little pricy but saved a headache.