fusepanel mounting on 49-54 GM cars

Going to start rewiring my 51 chevy this week since I am off on vacation. When I did my 53 wagon, I mounted the new fuse panel on the removable firewall panel because I had a large AC/Heat set up that took up the entire middle and right side of the car. I am only using a small heater in this car

I wanted to see where others have mounted there. I am using a 18 curcuit panel (its a kit) so it is a medium size panel. I had thought about under the hood on the top of a fenderwell would be nice for access but I fear weather/ moisture so it will probably just stay under the dash.

I prefer to have it easily accessible incase a fuse blows while on the road.

where have you mounted yours..

 

I saw a car on here just the other day that had the fuse panel mounted on a hinged plate and it would hide up under the dash, but swing down right in front of you when needed. that seemed like a pretty good idea to me.

 

49, any idea whose post that was.. Kustombuick mentioned an idea like that to me and it sounds interesting..

 

The hinged plate is really handy, I've wired a few customer cars with that sort of setup. Over here we had them on a few holdens from late 60 s early 70 s.

 

Meant to say also a good place for the hinged panel is in the glove compt. That way it's just open the door, flip down the panel (IIRC the LJ Torana one is the most popular) and its all right there in front of you without having to cram yourself under the dash, and it's out of the elements.

 

The last one that we did, we mounted it on the drivers kick panel(up high). It can be covered by the panel, and the panel fastened by velcro or a screw. Just make sure it doesn't interfere with the hood spring. Wires will be hidden from view, and you can show as many or as few as you like.

 

Johnny C79, what is " IIRC the LJ Torana" is this a make of car?


I have the dash all apart and I think I will section the factory radio since it does not work (so the knobs will stick out) and maybe put the panel up in that area (maybe try to make the speaker cover fold down). or I thought about a false panel in the back of the glove box.

still looking for more ideas, pictures.. especially how people built their hinged panel