<VV> wiring harness question

[Hugo Miller]

If you look at repair or servicing costs for a modern car, combined 
with depreciation, $500 is not a lot in the grand scheme of things. 
Clutches shouldn't wear out, so long as you refrain from putting any 
power through them till they're fully engaged. I've been driving almost 
fifty years and I have NEVER had to replace a clutch on any of my 
vehicles in my life.
On a different tack, as well as having four 1964 convertibles at my 
place in Florida, I have just bought an FC 8 door panel van here in the 
UK. Can't be many of those in the country! It's an abandoned restoration 
- the previous owner put it into a shop to be restored but they went 
bust. He was lucky to get the van back at all. A few small parts went 
missing (seat for one) but other than that it's just a case of putting 
it all back together. Beautifully re-sprayed and all chrome done, & lots 
of new parts (including $800-worth of rubber seals). He sunk £12,000 
into it (just under $15,000). I got it for £6,750 ($8,000). Very 
pleased.

On 2019-10-24 00:35, Randy (Cap'n) Hook via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Thank you for your reply.  I sort of figured as much.  Not to worry-I
> DO have things opened up considerably.  Not only am I going to swap 
> in
> the pg, but I have to get the gas heater out of the other '63.  (I
> have 2 '63 ragtops)  Unfortunately it got wrecked in Feb.  I 
> installed
> the gas heater because I also have headers on the '64 110 in a '60
> case/cooling system engine in it.  I did this because I wanted a
> thermostat on the engine.  It also helped that the engine started out
> life in a '60 we nicknamed "Rusty".  With a 4spd, Rusty was the most
> fun corvair I ever owned.  I drove him until the seat broke through
> the floor.  The engine ran so great it was a natural for the ragtop.
> Believe it or not, with those headers and 51 jets, I can wind it out
> to 55 in low before I shift into drive.  What a blast to drive!!!  
> The
> replacement '63 ragtop came with a 4spd.  A 4spd is a blast to drive
> and all, but the money needed to do a complete clutch job is kinda
> prohibitive. (Over $500, at last c
>  heck) Plus, we have the clutch cable, disc, and throwout bearing to
> think about.  Today, I can do a clutch job.  But will I be able to do
> one, physically, if needed in 5 years? Or 10? (I'm now 60)  You get
> the idea.  Since my goal is to drive the wheels off of said car and
> enjoy the crap out of it for as long as humanly possible, a pg is a
> much more logical and practical choice.   Thanks again.
>
> Randy (Cap'n) Hook
>> On October 22, 2019 at 6:11 PM Jim Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The neutral safety switch is also the backup light switch.  So the 
>> PG dash
>> harness has two extra plugs wired into wires that would otherwise be
>> straight through. It would be easiest to get/use a PG dash harness 
>> that
>> probably will come along with your PG instrument panel.  The manual 
>> shift
>> main harness has a plug to go into the manual backup switch.  You 
>> could swap
>> in a PG main harness.  But unless you have a lot of tings opened up, 
>> it
>> would be easier to just remove the BU switch plug and splice the two 
>> exposed
>> ends together.
>>
>> Jim Becker
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy (Cap'n) Hook via VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 4:41 PM
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject:  wiring harness question
>>
>> I'm switching my '63 ragtop from a 4spd. to a pg.  I know I have to 
>> switch
>> the dash and dash wiring cause of the neutral safety switch, but do 
>> I have
>> to switch the main harness as well?  Or would it be simpler to just 
>> re-wire
>> what's there already.   Inquiring minds want to know.  Thanx.
>>
>>
>> Randy (Cap'n) Hook
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