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Cav....If you send me a PM, I will send you my phone number. You can give me a call, I’ve been over every inch of the harness and know where every single wire goes, I will send you my spreadsheet print out if you want and that will help you track the to and from maybe for your car

I have both style columns, and the connectors are the same. For 1970, obviously the ignition switch is mounted on the column. So AAW provides an adapter harness to fit the 1970 column. For the steering columns, the tilt does have a different turn signal switch assembly than the standard column.

Cav... my car was already disassembled so it was a no-brainer for me. I would say if you can remove the dash it’ll make things a lot easier

Wow that’s awesome, that’s exactly what I am doing. Any other pictures you have of the routing in the fender wells etc. will be greatly appreciated!

I called AAW to see if they had pics. I will check VMF

Thanks. I did buy the tools Mike, I wrapped my harness, you may want to think about that

Started wiring out some of the optional connectors that AAW has in their harness. In this case, I am going to wire my existing power top wiring to a spot on the AAW harness. The original install has a crazy installation with a 30 amp circuit breaker that is added on to the starter solenoid. As I am hiding all my engine compartment wiring, I intend to feed my power top motor from a 30a feed on the new AAW fusebox. I will try and add notes to the sequence of pictures below. Used a simple sketch and then started wiring... Firs Pic is my existing harness. I intend to cut off the black plug (power feed) and power it from the AAW accessory connector. Second pic is my sketch of the AAW accessory connector. I am going to use the pink wire (#116) that comes of circuit branch #4. This connector is "empty", designed to be used for aftermarket accessories. The wiring kit comes with some connectors, but I picked up the AAW connector kit so I would have extra connectors. 3rd Pic is my sketch of the overall idea of how I will wire it. 4th pics is the AAW wire connector kit. 5th pic is the female connector that inserts into the AAW accessory connector on the harness. This will be installed on a new wire I will use to connect the pink wire on the harness side of the connector to the black wire on the convertible top switch assembly. 6th pic is finished crimp. 7th pic is the 56 connector installed into the mating accessory connector. 8th pic shows how the accessory connector is put together. Next, want to add a plug on the other end of the red wire, and use that to connect to the black wire on the top switch wiring. I don't want to use a splice, as I want to be able to install this later on in a "plug and play" way, as I will be under the dash, and doing crimps there is a pain. So, I picked out a single connector assembly, and will be crimping and installing that in the next few pictures. Last picture is the completed assembly.

Installing my AAW harness in my 1970 Convertible. Would appreciate any pictures of how anyone has installed/secured/routed the AAW harness from the fusebox out. Particularly interested how harness was looped back under dash so the headlight switch/wiper switch/steering column connectors would up in the right place. My dash is out, dealing with a bare firewall. Thanks!

Hi Mike. Will do. I have been using it for about a week or so, and need to make some tweaks in it. But it is a great tool for organizing the wiring to avoid double routing stuff from and to the same place.

Dude, nice job replicating the form of the original piece.

Thanks. I have A/C, so I think I am going to put the VHX box in the glove compartment. Appreciate the hint on the gas gauge, I will keep mine empty till I get ready to do the calibration....

My Shorty Hedmann headers on my 393 stroker...not installed yet post-45109-0.pdf

My VHX gauge system is on the way. Any pictures/hints/lessons learned about wiring it up, where to locate and mount the interface box would be greatly appreciated. I will post my progress on my 1970 convertible project site once I get started.

Hi Shaun. Any updates on the VHX dash install?

thanks for the comments.....this comes from my wiring experience about 7 years ago on my 1968, where I spent days chasing gremlins in my wiring harness. One resulted in a AAA flatbed tow back home....that was the last straw..... Byron...I out here near Charlotte, NC, so always a cold beer and some wire ties here for you when you come by. My goal is to get the finished car to the Carlisle Ford Show in June, so we will see how that goes.

I currently have about 200 wires in my spreadsheet.

Here is an example of where I am tabulating the wire interface between the AAW harness and the Vintage Air wiring. Also some power distribution wiring here, which includes my trunk mounted battery and power points on the firewall and radiator support.

HI Mike....I actually have 4 grandkids...the 4th one was at home, couldn't make it. As an over detailed oriented engineer, of course I have built a spreadsheet to track all of my wiring terminations, as I will be using a lot of extra "boxes" in my build... EFI computer, Dash computer, PWM fan controller, digital ignition box, power amp, etc, etc. I have attempted to paste one page of it here, I would be willing to share it in about a week or so when I get it to the point where it is a working copy. Pre-planning this really helps minimize the rework and rewiring, the number of splices/connectors, and having last minute loose wires laying around. It also is critical if you have to do troubleshooting during power up of the car. The first 3 columns are used to track the install.... R is routed, L is landed, T is tested The 4th column is the load/device which is to be wired up The 5th column will list the fuse that feeds it (AAW does not provide this) The 6th column is the AAW circuit branch that the load is fed from The 7th column is the origin point of the wire that feeds the load The 8th column is the AAW wire number, or a simple wire number that I have assigned The 9th column is the wire color The 10th and 11th columns are functional descriptions about what the wire does, like Gnd (Ground), BAT (battery hot all the time), KOH (Key on Hot), Switched (on/off) The 12th column is the type of connector used The 13th and 14th columns are key items, they show the "from" and "to" for the wire The 15th column is for any special interface with one of the boxes (VHX, PWM, EFI, etc) The 16th through the last column are how the wire is routed. It shows the originating location, the route it takes, and the destination location. I use this so I can consolidate the wires when I bundle and route them. The abbreviations are for areas of the car that the wires go from-through-to UD - Under Dash FW Pen - Firewall Penetration Number PC - Passenger Compartment DFW - Drivers Firewall DRC - Drivers rocker channel PRC - Passenger rocker channel TK - Trunk etc, etc, etc.

Oh, 10 amps is good, and so is the input sensing. My amp will pull 60 amps, and I will bridge 2 of the outputs to feed one Sub, and parallel the other 4 speakers from the front 2 feeds.

I have a soft controller (PWM) from a supplier called the "Auto Cool Guy". He provides these to the military and commercial vehicles. Works great, and available with an inline temperature sensor. Industrial grade electronics, different models can handle up to 125 amps.

I have a '70 convertible with a 351 W and power brakes and have Hedmann shorty headers. However, not installed yet. I think there are some pics of these on my build forum, so I will go and take a look and post here if I have them......

69 Cruzin....yes those Patriot Tri-Ys look like exactly what I have. MN69Grande - I also have the Hedmann Shorties for my '70 convertible, but have not installed them yet. Any pictures would be appreciated of the transition between the headers and exhaust, crossover pipe, etc....

Agree on the service. I have called them several times with questions and they have been very helpful. Especially for interfaces with other suppliers like Vintage Air, Dakota Digital, etc, they have a lot of experience and lessons learned. I would farm the task out unless you want to spend a pile of money. It takes a lot of man hours to do it the right way. You can follow my posts on my 1970 convertible forum. I also have built an Excel spreadsheet to track all of my connections, that I would be willing to share.

I have Patriot ceramic coated Tri-Y headers on my '68. Running a 302 with manual trans. Love the sound. Went to cable clutch to avoid Z-bar interference. On my 1970 using shorty headers due to my C-6 trans, which is very tight fit.

Noted your kick panel speaker comment in an earlier post. I put a post on the forum on this topic to show what I did. Also have the CVF pulleys, love the quality and price.