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My next task on my rig is to re-wire everything. Any of you folks know of any good kits that are simple yet retain good quality? Where do I start? Thanks in advance! :confused:

If you want to stay fairly stock I used a kit from Chevy Duty. I think it was less than $100. I did it all on a saturday. The kit came with good instructions. Even if you wanted to add a lot of things all you would need to do run a wire to a fuse board. Some of the custom wiring kits are pricey.

Well, I used a kit from www.ezwiring.com it is a complete harness,dash,engine,headlight,tail etc. It does however upgrade you to the new style fuses. The nice thing is all the wires are labeled every six inches. So if you're stuck somewhere with an old flashlight you don't have to wonder if you're looking at an orange wire or a brown wire. It does cost 195.00.

I'm curious why I do not see many, if any, recommendations for painless wiring kits?

I just put a painless universal 12 circuit in. My first complete rewire job. It was really nice. They were color coded, sectioned, numbered and labled. I had to cap off half a dozen such as 4x4 indicator,elect. choke, cooling fan, a/c compressor, ect. I took my time and went slow and when I turned it on everything worked. I called the tec. line once and they answered my question and faxed me a seperate diagram.

SOLOWOOKIE

Saw your home page and your free project truck looks like a 1954 3100.Easy to tell if
its a 54 by one piece winshield and flat rails on the bed.Not a bad lookin truck.

thanks Alan... man I'm getting really anxious to start on it though!

the pictures must not be very clear cuz the front windows is a 2 piece, and I checked the VIN after I got it home. (I need to change that title on my alblum - thanks for reminding me)

the bed is not the orig. bed so you may be right on the years for that. some of the bed is in decent shape, and some if it is really hammered. when I get to that point I may try to find a replacement, but I have a LOOONG time until I have to worry about that.

Solo,

Are you trying to identify the year of the possible project truck shown on your website? If I am looking at the right pictures, it is a somewhere between 1947.5 and 1950 (the driver's side cowl-side vent - shown in pictures 2 & 5 - was on Advance Design trucks through 1950). The bed has the slanted top rails - shown in picture 1 - and thus is not a 1954 bed. Picture 6 shows tubular front shocks - first used in 1950. From where I'm sitting, the truck looks like a fairly nice, 1950 deluxe 5-window cab (well worth the selling price).

Do I have deja vu? Wasn't the year of that possible project truck the subject of a wide and sometimes serious discussion a few weeks ago? If so, forgive my intrusion.

Just in case you would like information on characteristics of various Advance Design years, this information on the Chevy Duty site might be helpful.
http://www.chevyduty.com/frame-truck-years.html

Best wishes,
Tim