what's the best wiring harness?

Go to Napa and buy a 6 circuit fuse block and wire it your self. I've done 7 rewires in the last 2 years didn't spend much more than 1 wiring kit. 3 model A's a 36 GMC truck, ford ranger, metropolitan, a model T

 

Kits are made to cover a wide range of applications and are overly complicated in my opinion. I had a Painless kit and gave it away. Buy a couple of 10 dollar fuse panels and several rolls of different color wire and have at it. you will use a lot less wires and have a neater clean setup. I use 14 Guage wire for most of the job and some 10 Guage from the alternater etc. You do not need GM color coding etc. I have about 10 colors and do not repeat the colors in a group like from engine, lights etc. That way you can trace a wire quickly. The cost of my homemade "kit" is about $125-150 or so so it is not a money saver. Where you do save is on aggrivation. I can run one group at a time and am not fighting a jungle.

 

I've done one Painless, one el cheapo, and finally an American Autowire. Like the others above said, terminating at the block on the latter is so cool. You can get all the wires routed and do your testing and then clean everything up, group, tie off and finally cut them to just the right length and put them in the fuse block. Very easy, and the kit components were very high quality. I'll go with American Autowire on anything other than a period piece where I'm using cloth wrapped wire and glass fuses.

 

If your young and have good eyes Painless is good but writeing on the wires is hard to read. I have done two cars with Ron Francis and they are the best!
Walter

 

Always make my own. Easy.

 

Another fan of rebel wiring and usa products.

 

a man could go stir-crazy reading everyones opinion... i need a harness for my 50 and am leaning towards the American Auto Wire now...

 

another vote for American Autowire. Products are high quality, documentation is complete and easy to figure out, and customer service rocks. We prefer to terminate our own wires and their panels provide for the cleanest installation. For simple roadsters and coupes we buy a simple little Centech panel, but then use AAW peripherals. We're also now a dealer.

 

Great product, made in America, very high quality. I offer free shipping in the 48 US on AAW panels and a free T shirt to Alliance members. Must call for the free shipping.

 

I just did a 14ct. Kwik Wire kit in mine..lots of extra wire (actually too much) good labelling, and good directions... pretty basic and easy... I got this one on sale at one of the swap meets last year, just under 200 bucks... would use it again.
Tom