Carl 61 Fleetwood Phyllis

[Clewisiii]

I had worried that these fender spear light bases were to far gone to restore.

For a while I was looking for another set. 

Well the bases are cleaning up nice. There are some electrical parts I will need but I know where to get them.

The chrome is only light pitting and I think will replate nicely. 

I am very happy with them.

[Clewisiii]

Very happy. Thanks to who made the suggestion for YNZ they sell the parts I need to rebuild the bulb bases.

[Clewisiii]

Now can someone direct me to the most economical supplier of the Packard connectors.

I only need one side since the mating connector will be on the wire harness.

YNZ will only sell singles in male/female pairs at $10 a piece.

There are kits for $200 but they only have a few sets of the single wire connectors then a lot of others I will not use.

Any suggestions of suppliers would be appreciated.

[Clewisiii]

Curiosity question. The fender turn indicators are a single wire. What is the ground path.

Just trying to plan where I need to sand down some paint and primer. I assume the rear fender lower attachment below the rocker panel.

[Cadillac Jack 82]

Doesnt YNZ Yesterday sell them?  I'm pretty sure they do.  They seem to have everything.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

I get mine from eBay.  The price says each, but it is for each packet.

ebay  item No 371216892290

Bruce.

[Clewisiii]

YNZ only sells in male female pairs for $10. I only need one side since the other side already comes on the wire harness from Lectric Limited.

[Clewisiii]

I have considered myself lazy for going so long without restoring these firewall brackets for the dash top pad.

Now I need to get a new jar of plastidip to freshen up the rubber coating.

[Clewisiii]

In the past people had talked about how hard it was to find 1/2 inch masking tape like was originally used to hold the body mounts in place.

Some would hand cut the standard 3/4 inch wide tape.

Well now we have Amazon.

[Cadillac Jack 82]

I cant wait to see this fully done at a Grand National.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

YNZ only sells in male female pairs for $10. I only need one side since the other side already comes on the wire harness from Lectric Limited.

If you only want a couple, I could post some to you, but you probably want them now?

I have to buy some more to build my stocks back up as I have nearly exhausted what I had doing a loom for a mate.

Bruce.

[Clewisiii]

If you only want a couple, I could post some to you, but you probably want them now?

I have to buy some more to build my stocks back up as I have nearly exhausted what I had doing a loom for a mate.

Bruce.

I bought some on Amazon. I found a listing for the individuals I wanted. But only in a ten pack and only one available. I was hoping to buy at least 3 or four packs. But I will work with what I have got for now. I will work on turn indicator lights lower fog lamps, and dash lights for now.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

Do you have the proper crimping tool?  They make a huge difference.

I persevered for many years using the wrong tools, but when I found the correct ones, it really made a difference.

Bruce.

[Clewisiii]

I was looking around today at the crimpers. They all said they were for the new versions. I don't know if they are backwards comparable. But I will keep looking.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

I added one more picture to the above, and mine do most versions that were available when I purchased them.

Bruce.

[Clewisiii]

Cleaning up my top of tail fin trim clips. Those screws are so small they fell into my sandblaster. I had to empty and filter the sand three times.

All the screws went into the plating bath. But one fell on the floor when coming out of the tank.

I went to my parts car to rob one off there but the later build must have changed the clip style. There were no screw holes to secure the clips. No big deal I will find a new screw.

[Clewisiii]

I don't know what their reasoning is. But the Amazon system will only allow you to buy one at a time saying only one is available. But after each purchase there is magically another one available. That is annoying. Next I need to get with YNZ for the bulb bases. I tried to order from them online. But online purchases do not actually process from them until they confirm. So I will just call.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

I cannot believe their pricing.   But, people do have to make money.

Over many years, I have been removing all these plastic pieces from looms that I have stripped for the wire, and have never had to purchase any wire or plastic pieces for looms that I have made.

Especially handy when doing RHD Conversions as the colour coded wire is ideal for lengthening parts of looms.

Bruce.

[Clewisiii]

The ends showed up today. I get the housings at the weekend. Now I need to pick my crimping tool.

[Clewisiii]

Since I have electrical parts coming I thought I would try to restore a lower running light.

I have 4 of these total so I have some I can make mistakes with.

The wiring base is a single plastic plate that is staked in place on the copper.
I cracked this base trying to force it out. But I think it is repairable.


YNZ sells a duel wire bulb repair base but it is a different style.