Wiring harness suggestion

[413Polara]

Hey everyone, looking for suggestions on a wiring harness for my 1964 Polara, it’s got a 1965 413 in it. Final cruise of the year turned into a smoke show but was able to get it calmed down before the car caught fire. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations from ones they’ve installed. My dad put a painless harness in his Oldsmobile and liked it. Just looking for opinions. Thanks!

 

[Darter6]

A few questions Do you have a budget in mind ? How many circuits do plan on using ? Some come as little as 8 then 12 or 21.Planning on power everything ?
Or just what was needed in 1964 ? Reason for the questions is price you can pay as little as $100 and well over $600.
I went through this before. Just a suggestion is Speedway Motors. They have several to choose. I like the 12 circuit for basic rewire that gives you a few extra if a future plan may include things like A/C etc.

 

[413Polara]

A few questions Do you have a budget in mind ? How many circuits do plan on using ? Some come as little as 8 then 12 or 21.Planning on power everything ?
Or just what was needed in 1964 ? Reason for the questions is price you can pay as little as $100 and well over $600.
I went through this before. Just a suggestion is Speedway Motors. They have several to choose. I like the 12 circuit for basic rewire that gives you a few extra if a future plan may include things like A/C etc.

I’m not super worried about the budget, I just want something decent that I can put in and not have to hopefully ever really deal with again. The cars going to remain mostly stock as long as I own it. No real options on it other than radio. At some point I might consider installing an a/c unit. I haven’t checked speedway, painless and American autowire are all I’ve looked at so far. I guess I’m looking for what I needed in 1964 with maybe a couple extra circuits just in case.

 

[Bird 426]

What's your painless level if you rewire it yourself? If money isn't an issue, it's a no brainer for me, M&H or Evans.

 

[Darter6]

, M&H or Evans

Plug and play when money is available for sure. My buddy did his 64 Fury with Evans.

 

[451Mopar]

If the car is pretty much stock the factory reproduction harnesses are nice, saves you alot of time and labor (plug and play) compared to using a universal type harness where you need to figure out the circuits, lay everything out, cut to length, crimp on the terminals, insert them correctly in the connector blocks, and then wrap the harnesses.

 

[radical rob]

I like haywire

 

[Krooser]

I always used Kwik Wire for my hot rod deals but you would be better off using an OEM style harness. They look better, work fine and will get you more $$$ when you sell the car.

IMHO all those fancy colored wires don't look right.

 

[Black_Sheep]

How are your wiring skills? A lot of people seem to struggle with electrical systems. If you’re planning to keep your car stock, reproduction wiring is the way to go.

Dash harness $750
Engine harness $195
Front lighting harness $177
Rear light harness $159

For about $1400 you can replace everything with reproduction factory style harnesses with the correct size, length and color wiring, with appropriate loom already in place. It will have all new plugs already installed. This is by far the easiest option. I’ve wired several cars from scratch using a universal harness and it can be a real chore.

 

[413Polara]

How are your wiring skills? A lot of people seem to struggle with electrical systems. If you’re planning to keep your car stock, reproduction wiring is the way to go.

Dash harness $750
Engine harness $195
Front lighting harness $177
Rear light harness $159

For about $1400 you can replace everything with reproduction factory style harnesses with the correct size, length and color wiring, with appropriate loom already in place. It will have all new plugs already installed. This is by far the easiest option. I’ve wired several cars from scratch using a universal harness and it can be a real chore.

This would be my first time so I’m definitely leaning towards something more plug and play. The Evan’s kits seem like they are plug and play and I do prefer a stock look for most things. I am planning to add a couple things at some point like electric cut outs for the headers and what not, would one of these stock style kits make sense with some minor additions like that?

 

[Black_Sheep]

This would be my first time so I’m definitely leaning towards something more plug and play. The Evan’s kits seem like they are plug and play and I do prefer a stock look for most things. I am planning to add a couple things at some point like electric cut outs for the headers and what not, would one of these stock style kits make sense with some minor additions like that?

Yes, you can easily make a stand alone harness for something like cut-outs.

 

[413Polara]

Yes, you can easily make a stand alone harness for something like cut-outs.

Awesome, thanks for the input. I definitely appreciate all the help and knowledge everyone has on here. I’ll look into those kits and hopefully order them up this week. Be nice to get it going again before the snow comes.

 

[Runcharger]

I like the repro harness because I like stockish cars. When I worked in a Hot Rod shop we sold lots of those Painless kits. They are more inline with GM cars. The Mopar guys that bought them usually brought them back. I remember going through the catalogue and you could find smaller harnesses for the Mopars but by the time you went through the hunt and added everything up it cost more and was more trouble to have non factory appearing wiring rather than just do an Evans or M&H from the start.

 

[Belvedere408]

I used M&H for most my re-wire on my 67 Belvedere and an Evan's harness for the engine harness. I used Evan's for the engine harness because you can get electronic ignition added into it.