Wiring weirdness - Your thoughts please

Okay, so I order a new tail lamp harness and turn signal harness for my '68 because of some flaky problems with my wiring and I figured now was as good a time as any to freshen up the 35 year old wire.

I pull the turn signal switch, cut the old wires and get ready to poke the leads from my new switch harness into the old connector (which must be re-used). I'll be damn...my new leads are the female connectors, same as the underdash connectors, what gives? Did the repro people make a mistake.

Oh well, onto project two, tail lamp harness. Pull the rear seats, fastback interior panels and yank the old wire. Get ready to install the new harness. Guess what? Wrong connectors where it plugs into the underdash.

So I do some investigating. It appears as though my car has a '67 under dash harness. I traced some wires and connector types that differ from the '68. This, coupled with the fact that none of the '68 harnesses I bought work exactly AND the turn signal switch has a C7ZA-13B302-F part number. (The '68 is supposed to have a C8 part number).

Have you guys ever seen anything like this? I am pretty certain that the under dash harness in the car is original...it is pretty old, brittle, faded and dusty. Is it possible they used '67 wiring in my '68 car?

Thanks loads...I've been neating my brains out all day and need some corroboration that I'm on the right track.

C'ya!

Kelton

I've looked everywhere I can think of on the under dash and can't find a part number tag, but I am thoroughly convinced it is a '67.

The tail light harness I was able to use by re-using the old connectors up front. The wiring is the same.

The turn signal switch won't work. Not only are the connectors wrong, but there are two extra wires as compared to the '67, and the hazard flasher knob is a cheap plastic deal. I want to be able to use the chrome hazard knob off the old switch.

So really the only thing I'm out is the turn signal switch, which I should be able to return for an exchange.

I'm actually VERY excited though that I can use a '67 under dash harness in my car. I had looked for a '68 harness but no one makes a repro. So, I think it will work out better this way.

Thanks!

Kelton

ps - according to my Marti Autoworks report, my car was built on December 11, 1967...on schedule.

Thanks for the responses guys.

Josh, this is my ignition switch:



and this is the underdash connector for my turn signal switch, it has female terminals inside:



and finally this is the connector I took off of the old turn signal switch assembly, it had male terminals inside:



Does all of that look like '67 components?

Thanks again!

Kelton