Mixed years wiring harnesses
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Mixed years wiring harnesses
Hello, I have a 69 that someone in the past grafted on the rear of a 68 after an accident and I was wondering about the rear lamp harness. Specifically will the 68 harness plug into the dash harness of the 69 and will the reverse lights and four tail lights function as they should so i'm not cutting and splicing in wiring.
Thank for the help
Thank for the help
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The 68 uses 4 tail lights and twin reverse lights down on the rear valance. 69 uses 2 tail lamps and reverse lamps in the inner tail lamps as you know. Could easily make either work on the other but would require some cutting and splicing on the inner tail lamp connection and extending and splicing the reverse light wires to the 68 location. Everything else is plug and play I believe. If you have a new 68 rear harness, I have a new 69 rear harness I would trade you as I am using the 68 four tail lamps on my 69.
Bill
Bill
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Did the car come with functional lights and wiring harness installed? Or is this a project and you are wiring the back of the car now? Cuz the differences are in back. At the firewall, the light switch, turn signal switch, brake and reverse switches will feed the same wires on both body harnesses. Differences are sorted out in back of the car. The turn-brake wire and taillight will split and feed 2 sockets while the back-up wire will travel the extra foot down to the valence panel on each side. They didn't run 4 extra wires the length of the body for 2 extra 1157 bulbs in back.
