That useless little cardboard box for a glove box is what we have to store our insurance papers and inspection papers in, along with any repair receipts we may have to prove whatever. I am assisting, and I am helping classic guys understand that you cannot elimininate the glove box as the restro mod guys like JamesW suggests. Wire around it.

 

Soaring,U said that you "cannont" eliminate the glovebox.You most certainly can and i think James has some great ideas

 

Boys..........

 

Robo, back to your point..(sorry, we digressed)

Replacing the original fusebox with a newer blade type unit wouldn't be hard. You'd basically cut out the old one and solder in a new one, picking up the existing wiring on the output side of the fuses. Rather than using the existing black/yellow feed from the starter solenoid to the fusebox, I would recommend replacing that run with a brand new piece of 8 gage wire. Also make sure your replacement fuses are of the same amperage rating as the old ones (i.e., whatever the old Cigar fuse rating was, use the same for the new fuse in that position).

In doing this, you could install a fusebox that had 4-6 additional circuits for your modifications.

That all being said, if you're installing cooling fans, amps, etc... you should consider using the leads off the fuse box as 'signals' and using relays to provide power to your individual items. For example, on the engine fan, the main power to run the fan would come off a lead directly off the starter solenoid post, into the relay, and over to the fan. The 'trigger' signal power would then come from your fuse box, and the ground would come from your temp sensor.

 

jamesw right on
thats what i am talking about doing a upgrade not a mod ,, we wnat to keep this stang as close to orig as we can i like the glove box its not a place to do mods ,,,, now finding a fuse block lol

thanks guys for all the input you are the best when it come to stuff like this and we need to keep up the work on these cars and keep them around for a long time

 

I think this is what you're looking for. A little pricey here.. you may be able to find it cheaper.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...p;autoview=sku

 

I replaced mine awhile back with a modern style, not hard at all. Just have to make sure the wires go back in thier correct spots. The factory one was very dirty and all-together dangerous looking..

Bullet connectors with plastic covers work great...

 

Leave the old wiring intact - add a new fuse block and wire from that,

amateurs

 

i bought a painless whole car harness, came with a new fuseblock

 

soaring my fuse box and msd box are behide my glove box on a sheet of thin steel. i keep all the papers on it in the hump hugger console before i got that they was folded up in my wallet.