I've seen photos of it done both ways: the main wiring loom laying on the outside of the heater channel in the driver-side footwell, or holes drilled on the side and top of the heater channel and the wire threaded thru the holes.
I'm assuming the non-threaded method is 'stock' (as my rusty 66 project, with original heater channels was done) and the threaded method is a restoration modification? Also, wouldn't the threaded method play havoc with heater channels that have inner metal tubes??
Wire loom thru the heater channel?
Wire loom thru the heater channel?
"If you can't fix it with zip ties and duct tape, or hold it together with velcro or magnets, it REALLY is broken."
Pretty quiet here on 66 Forum ...
so ...I'll answer my own question: yes, the wire loom through heater channel is the way it was done at the factory, apparently after the 1964 model year when they enlarged the windows and no longer ran the main wire harness in the channel above the driver side windows. I went out and checked my two 1966 'original condition" parts cars, and both have the wiring running thru holes in the heater channel just in front of the driver side door (and just behind the air outlet.)
....in case anyone else was wondering.
so ...I'll answer my own question: yes, the wire loom through heater channel is the way it was done at the factory, apparently after the 1964 model year when they enlarged the windows and no longer ran the main wire harness in the channel above the driver side windows. I went out and checked my two 1966 'original condition" parts cars, and both have the wiring running thru holes in the heater channel just in front of the driver side door (and just behind the air outlet.)
....in case anyone else was wondering.
"If you can't fix it with zip ties and duct tape, or hold it together with velcro or magnets, it REALLY is broken."
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