Uncle Ralphy

I'm restoring a 1957 Corvette. It has no wiring in it. I purchased a Lectric Ltd wiring harness but it doesn't have a fuse block. They say their '57 harnesses don't come with one and they can't supply one.
Can anyone email me a picture of one showing the wiring to/from? Or even better, a diagram of the wiring I need to do for one. Or, where I can obtain one and a picture.
Thanks in advance.

emccomas

One on Ebay right now. Auction ends today. Ebay item 160217996138.

DZAUTO

I have an old, original 56-7 fuse block in a box at home. If you need a picture of it, I can take a picture and post it tonight.

kenmo

I put a Lectric Limited harness in my 60 last year and it had a fuse box.. Why would they not include one for a 57?

How about a different company like Ron Francis or Painless?

JohnZ

57's didn't have a fuse box - they had an accessory fuse panel (like the one in the eBay auction), only if they had the optional heater, courtesy lights, radio, or parking brake alarm light. If they didn't have any of those options, they had no fuse panel at all - none of the base circuits had any fuse protection at all.

kenmo

WOW...thanks JohnZ...you're certainly tops inC1 knowledge and history....

DZAUTO

I looked at the Ebay fuse box.
Yep, that's exactly what I have in a box on the shelf. I can't show you a better picture than the one on Ebay.

Uncle Ralphy

Well, we had the grandkids over today. Just got on the 'puter.
Thanks for the heads up on the e-bay fuse block, but it closed 2 hours before I logged onto the forum, darn-it.
Thanks for the input JohnZ and Plasticman. Does anyone know what the wiring looks like going/coming from one of these accessory blocks. ie: how do the wires attach?

Uncle Ralphy

Do you want to sell it?

C2Driver

Uncle Ralphy, Papawana has offered wiring diagrams to anyone who needs them for 53 to 67 model years. I'll attach a link to his thread. It looks like he's offline right now, but PM him, tell him you have a 57 and give him an email address where he can send them to you and he'll have it in your Email as soon as he sees your request. He's a great guy!
- Pat

Here's the link to Papawana's thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1965750

DZAUTO

Sorry, I'm hanging onto it as a spare for mine.

ml1955

I have a spare if you'd like it. Email me your adress, I'll send it out to you. It is a freebie.

Mike L.

Uncle Ralphy

Address sent. What a nice gesture! Thanks, I really appreciate that.

Uncle Ralphy

Thanks C2Driver, but I got mine from papawana last weekend. Very clear wiring diagram. I've got it printed on an 11 x 17 sheet.
Also have the one from Lectric Ltd.

I had identified the accessory block on the diagram, but thought that there was a fuse panel missing in the diagram. I thought the term "accessory block" would apply to options other than heater, courtesy light etc., which I do have.

Thanks to JohnZ that mystery is cleared up. I notice that there is also a fuse in the headlight switch.

C2Driver

And it looks like Mike has you all set up with what you need. Great news all around. - Pat

JohnZ

Here's a sketch of the light switch and accessory fuse panel I made ten years ago when I restored my '57 that may be useful.

Uncle Ralphy

[QUOTE=JohnZ;1564637976]Here's a sketch of the light switch and accessory fuse panel I made ten years ago when I restored my '57 that may be useful.

Thanks JohnZ, that's a big help.

Thanks to all for your replies.

russellseech

[QUOTE=Uncle Ralphy;1564644377]I am restoring a 57 and could really use your sketch of the light switch and fuse panel wiring if you still have it.THANKS IN ADVANCE! Russ frozendelights@verizon.net

JohnZ

[QUOTE=russellseech;1590743129]Village Photo went out of business years ago with no notice, and disappeared to the Virgin Islands with our money and our photo archives.

See below for the sketches.

russellseech

[QUOTE=JohnZ;1590750988]Thanks the photo is a great help