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Who has the best harness for the money and should I. Also should I do old style or new wire. Would like truck to look stock.


Wayne

If you want it to look original you'll need to drop the money for a cloth covered harness (big$$). I used YNZ on my '38. Excellent quality & good support. If, after checking prices, you find originality isn't as important as you thought there are a number of good PVC coated harnesses available for less money.

If you are changing the harness because of the voltage change, you are wasting your money. An exception would be some kind of custom harness when installing an alternater and fuse panel.

For the most part the truck wiring is shot. A lot of bare wires and additional things added but now missing. I thought that the 12 volts would make the head lights and tail lights brighter. Are the brighter bulbs available in 6 volt?

Wayne

Yes for tail/stop lights. Not sure about headlights.

I read somewhere that there was a restriction on headlight candle power that was increased around 1957. If this is true then there must be later bulbs that are brighter. With 12 volts you would also have the option of using the custom halogen bulbs which are quite bright.

i just bought a cloth wiring harness from american classic truck parts for my 46 1/2 ton and it was easy to install, all the wires are color coded and numbered and on paper it tells you by number where each wire goes, took me about an hour to wire my whole truck

Another option is to contact Bill Hirsch. They make 6v halogen bulbs for most old car applications. I'd be really surprised if they didn't have 6v halogen sealed beams. It's worth a call anyway. 800-828-2061