Wiring Routing Over Rear Shock Absorber

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Eric,

I am in the same boat trying to figure out the wire routing at the rear of the chassis. Plus, I am adding modern stop/tail/turn signals (I can her the purists moaning) but it sure beats road rage or a rear ender because someone does not see a 3/4" diameter original stop or tail light or doesn't know the old hand signals for turns.

Hard to find original wiring as usually the wiring is the first to go, followed by the brake lines on all the Blitz paddock bashers I have seen over the years. I can say however that I have seen a few remains of wiring with the tail and stop light wires clipped at two or three points to the bottom of the chassis rail with the standard Ford wiring to frame clips as per the photo. Based on that, I would say the wire goes under the shockers. There is enough room for the two wires. I have also seen wire remnants lying on the bottom of the rear crossmember feeding the left side stop/tail lights.

After it goes through the right rear hole in the rear crossmember that where I too am lost, never having seen any original wiring in that position.
I have been studying it and noticed the small hole forward of the towing brackets in the chassis. Thought maybe the wires go through them, but trying two 14 gauge wires it would be a very tight fit and subject to chafing. Then I thought maybe it is just a hole for a bolt to secure a clip to hold the wires and perhaps the wires go over the chassis and body rails. There is a big gap between the body rails and the floor. See attached photos of the hole mentioned on the left side, and the clip at that hole on the right side. That position is in a good location to lead to the lights attached to the bottom of the chain boxes.

So hopefully someone else can shed some more information on this.
In the meantime I will probably stay with the wire over the body rail routing unless confirmed otherwise.

Cheers,