quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
A Ford wiring system...perhaps... but this isn't a Ford. It is a Detomaso.
Does Painless make a harness specifically for the Pantera? Adapting one from another car can't be fun?
There are no Pantera-specific wiring kits that I know of. This is a race car so I'm not attempting to have a model-accurate concours show car. It needs to run reliably, that is the goal. I'm also ASE Master certified with a decade of muscle car builds and antique restorations under my belt, so this is not the case of a backyard mechanic trying this for the first time.
From Pantera Electronics I can buy the $78 ignition bypass, the $305 fuse box, the $225 headlight controller, the $260 radiator fan controller, the $257 console switch controller, and then have to buy all new wiring and start rewiring the car....or I can use a Painless kit and achieve the exact same running car for under $500, albeit without fancy flashing lights in my fuse box that nobody will ever see.
They're nice products, and if I was only replacing individual components I might consider it - but I can rewire the entire car, including components, in half of what the cost for their parts are, and I can guarantee that the end result will be the same - a reliable car that runs.