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Old 07-31-2017, 02:01 PM   #1
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Default Headlights and Wiring Harness

The wiring on my '30 coupe is pretty sad, a lot of splices and odd things going on. I'm planning on installing a new harness but I'm kind of confused on whats going on. I'm thinking my car is a standard with cowl lights added at some time in the past, it doesn't have a dome light. It has dual bulb headlights but the parking lights never had bulbs in them, I'm guessing because of the cowl lights? It does have dual tail lights installed as well.

Should I order a main harness with one or two bulb connections since it has cowl lights? It also has a cheesy aftermarket turn signal column switch and lights in the front bumper, but I want to get rid of that stuff.
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Old 07-31-2017, 04:10 PM   #2
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Call Sacramento Vintage Ford and explain your problem. They make the best harnesses, and they can advise you.
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Old 07-31-2017, 07:17 PM   #3
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The standard coupe did not have cowl lights, dome light, or dual tail/stop lights.
Call a repro dealer and order the wiring harness either w/cowl lights if you want to keep them, or just order the '30 wiring harness that will have wires for the parking lights. You can't have both cowl & parking lights.
You can carefully remove the turn signal setup.
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Originally if your car did not come from the factory with cowl lights then the dealer could have added them for you. Per Fords direction the dealer would install the cowl lights by adding a switch under the dash that spliced into the wiring harness. In that case your car would have working dual bulb headlights and switched cowl lights independent of the headlight switch. The choice is yours but you could just buy the harness for single bulb headlights with cowl light wires which would use the headlight switch. There would be no wire available for the second set of bulbs in the headlight shells
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I have cowl lights on my tudor. Wired with a new harness for the cowl lights.
I used the "spare" light sockets in the head lights for my turn signals. Car retains its original appearance with modern upgrade. Jeff
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