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That is correct.

That's a contact point, one of two (the other is broken off). When the horn ring is depressed, it touches both and completes the circuit. (The one in your picture may be partially broken, too, as I attached the horn ring misaligned and it crushed the contact points.) Each contact goes down the hole and connects to a ring on the bottom of the steering wheel. Those rings touch 2 spring loaded contacts (brushes) on the turn signal switch. This allows constant electrical contact when the wheel is turned. So I broke one contact completely off and may have damaged the other. The trick is to restore electrical continuity between the contacts and the rings on the bottom of the wheel, and restore the missing contact. Better pictures may help :)

Thanks, I can do that. I always prefer fixing the OEM vs. large money for an inferior repop. But there's a few challenges here, not the least of which is I can't find the broken off contact button that's supposed to be on the left side. Give me a day or two to get some better photos.

I'm not @nickjames138 but I think he meant Mustangs, Etc in L.A. https://www.mustangsetc.com/

For those of you playing along at home, I finally got the car back on the road. I spent the winter tearing down the dash, the wheel, and going through the trunk inspecting all the wiring I could. I never found an identifiable defect. An ohmmeter confirmed the turn signal switch went bad. The new part I replaced it with was also bad (uh-oh, bad harness, short, etc, right? None was found). Replaced the Scott Drake replacement with a Shee-Mar I found on Rock Auto (I honestly don't know if one is better than the other) Everything now works, keeping my fingers crossed. Well, one thing doesn't work. The moron wannabe mechanic working on the repair (me) broke the horn button. so now I have no horn and it looks like the only option is a new steering wheel. anyone got a red 2-spoke they wanna sell cheap?

There's no replacement for displacement, that's true. But remember, if the car was originally a straight six, it's probably not equipped to just drop in a big V8. Do your due diligence on brakes, suspension, differential, etc... you probably have 4 lug wheels and small drum brakes and other stuff that will require an upgrade. But have fun.

I'm sure I don't know any answers but what kind of computer and browser are you running?

Good looking truck. I'd take it in a heartbeat.

The OEM radio was lit by a single bayonette style bulb that got power through a single blue wire you can see in the photo below. It sounds like your harness is pretty butchered so it may take some work to find the conductor (or what's left of it) in your dash.

Site says he is "buyingtime2" on eBay. I searched and found this (hope the link works). Maybe you can reach him there. He currently has 4 or 5 1970 Mustang parts up for auction. https://www.ebay.com/usr/buyingtime2?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2559

It's a challenge but can be done. Can you be more specific? Welcome to the site!

Nothing to add but reinforcing what aslanefe has already said. Start from the inside and work your way up. Once you've removed the bottom plate at the top of the windshield, you can access the nuts holding the stainless top plate on.

I have a hazy memory of scrounging my junk pile for my original convertible mounts when I discovered the new repop replacements didn't match. This was 30+ years ago so I could be completely imagining this. I think the VMF thread link above covers it - they sit at a different angle but don't lower the engine.

You guys got a project there. Probably take a couple of weekends, at least.

Sounds right, I have the convenience group in my car. For whatever reason, I thought all '69's had the 12V wire to the trunk but it appears I was mistaken. First time that's ever happened. :)

The mercury switch is built into the socket. I guess I was wrong, it's not in every harness. :)

Correct on all counts. You can see in my bottom photo how the wire is deformed from the clip that holds it in place (clip has been removed in the photo). I also think Brian is correct in that the mate to the red bullet connector is present in all harnesses, whether the lamp was installed or not. If so, it would be laying atop the wheel well where the harness emerges in the trunk.

It was an option, my vert has one. I'll see if I can scrounge up my pictures. Like Ridge and Aslanefe said, it ran over the left wheel well, up along the hinge, through the deck lid where it's attached by an L-bracket near the trunk latch. [edit] Added some pics

Love it. A Boss 351 in grabber blue has always been a dream of mine ('71 not '70 obviously) Yours sounds like a great project. And you can enjoy all the car show folks who will tell you their buddy had an identical '70 Boss 351 back in high school...

I used 3/8" when I replaced my glass 2 years ago. Replacement glass is a tad thinner than OEM so I went with bigger ribbon. It worked no problem; I got it through NPD

CJ's drop ships these from the manufacturer. You may want to contact Classic Auto Air to see if they are having supply problems.

Yes, it looks like your car was special ordered pink. Kinda unique but you can repaint it any color you want.

I would definitely order a Marti. You have a nicely optioned car at the very least. Depending upon how complete the car is, you can probably deduce the original color by looking for overspray or other hidden spots of original color. You may not want to keep it original, pink or otherwise, but it's always cool to know what it started out as. I had a poster in my garage for a long time of a '69 vert in pink. Not a great poster but I have a vert and there aren't a ton of posters with a '69 convertible on them, so you take what you can get... :)

63B - Sportsroof (fastback) F S - ? SP PAINT - maybe special order paint color? AC - A/C PB - Power Brakes LP - AM/FM or AM/8-Track C - ? PS - Power Steering

Looks like a Metuchen, NJ build (wavy edge). Like Brian writes above, if you can post the text we can probably decode it. I think I see power brakes, power steering, air conditioning and maybe a special paint color. Welcome to the site!