Let There Be Light!

Vic Piano

Vic Piano

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Aka, know your limitations. I have never been good with electrical when it comes to automobiles or most everything else for that matter:( so, when I decided to install the auxiliary Road Lamps on our ’39 CS, I enlisted the help of my friend Cliff. In no time at all, we had everything working only to discover that one of the 6V blubs would only illuminate on low beam. A quick call to the supplier and a replacement blub is on the way. I had installed the same Road Lamps on our ’39 Zephyr (12V) last year with the help of another friend, Rich S. The lamps worked so well on the Zephyr that I wanted the same “night driving” advantage with the ‘39CS. I’m planning on driving the ‘39CS up to Dawsonville, GA in October for the Moonshine Festival, and being able to actually see (for a considerable distance) what lies ahead of you on an unlit winding road, is a major improvement.:D
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Vic: I am somewhat like you, I only know there are two types of electricity and that is one that will hurt you, and the other will make you hurt yourself. lol
 
A month ago I had to repair a problem on the high voltage electrical system on a Honda Insight Hybrid... The next week I went to work on the wiring on my '46 truck. That old 6 volt wiring isn't too confusing after working on the Honda!
 
Finally after a month and a half of hard work I finished totally rewiring a 48 Continental from bumper to bumper for a customer . Very time consuming to say the least. Removed everything out of the dash and had to dissasemble every switch and clean the contacts,completely refurbished the headlight ,parking light and taillight buckets,cleaned and oiled the speedometer and clock .Dissasembled, cleaned , repainted and rewired the under seat heaters and the defroster under the dash.Hooked up the battery today for a smoke test and everything works as it should for the first time since who knows when. Now he can enjoy his car without worry of it catching on fire because of all that rotten wiring.
 
I charge an hourly rate of $35 and there is no real way of knowing how many hours it will take to complete the job. For instance, on this Lincoln it got into more than just rewiring and most jobs will. Such as having to disassemble headlight and door jam switches,map light and dome light switches because they were coroded and wont make contact. Cleaning and repainting headlight buckets , it just dont look good to me to put new wires in a dirty rust old bucket, so all this adds more time but I feel it makes for a much better job . Of course I didnt work on this solid for a month and a half because I have a regular job but there were many days such as my off days I could work on it all day then on work days I might put in 3 or 4 hrs. Plus the extra cash helps finance my own project. I havent put pencil on everything yet but this will be over 60 hrs and that includes some mechanical work also.
 
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