1970 Rear Armrest Courtesy Light Wiring Question
February 16th, 2013, 11:45 AM
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1970 Rear Armrest Courtesy Light Wiring Question
I have a 1970 Pace Car Convertible with the rear arm rest courtesy lights installed.
I am restoring the interior right now and currently have the dash and all components completely out. It appears to have non factory wires running to the rear courtesy lights and I would like to restore the interior like it left the factory. I cannot find any wiring diagram illustrating this or what the harness might look like thru internet searching.
Can anybody point me in the right direction here?
I am restoring the interior right now and currently have the dash and all components completely out. It appears to have non factory wires running to the rear courtesy lights and I would like to restore the interior like it left the factory. I cannot find any wiring diagram illustrating this or what the harness might look like thru internet searching.
Can anybody point me in the right direction here?
February 16th, 2013, 06:31 PM
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I think this is Dale? If so, they should be orange & white wires I believe & were kind of crudely spliced into the existing harness that runs under the drivers seat then taped? up if I remember right.
I just went out & grabbed a convertible harness & here is a picture of how it should look. I'm pointing to the splice, which is untouched since new.
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps52a1c374.jpg
I just went out & grabbed a convertible harness & here is a picture of how it should look. I'm pointing to the splice, which is untouched since new.
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps52a1c374.jpg
February 16th, 2013, 06:59 PM
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Thanks again Scott.
Yes it is me (Dale) and I guess it's time for me to pull the carpet and back seat to make sure that is what I have. I just saw a 2 conductor black wire running to the back of the car on both sides and thought it was maybe for the lights but it was speaker wire so it didn't make sense to me.
There were no speakers mounted on the seat back when I took a peak, but there probably was at one time.
Yes it is me (Dale) and I guess it's time for me to pull the carpet and back seat to make sure that is what I have. I just saw a 2 conductor black wire running to the back of the car on both sides and thought it was maybe for the lights but it was speaker wire so it didn't make sense to me.
There were no speakers mounted on the seat back when I took a peak, but there probably was at one time.
February 16th, 2013, 07:18 PM
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If the car originally had a rear speaker, it would have one blue wire running from the front to back under the passenger front seat. It would only be one wire, as the body served as the ground wire for the speaker. 
February 16th, 2013, 07:29 PM
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I pulled the radio and it is a 1972 Cutlass AM/FM/FM Stereo radio, so not original but all in one enclosure (No 1970 Amplifier) and exactly the same on the outside. It has the blue wire on the side of it but it wasn't hooked up to anything. I think whoever installed it just ran the rear and the front together.
I may opt for a dual front speaker to get the stereo in which case I will be using the blue wire.
I don't think using a rear speaker in a convertible well would sound to good.
I may opt for a dual front speaker to get the stereo in which case I will be using the blue wire.
I don't think using a rear speaker in a convertible well would sound to good.
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