Electrical Demolition in the Gray Ghost is Complete!

Well, that was easy!  Really!  The old electrical wiring is now gone.  The only difficulty was a couple of stubborn clutch head screws in the engine compartment that were holding the fuse holders to the firewall.  It was likely that they had never been touched after production in 1953. Anyway, it is all out now and in the recycle bin.  The only exceptions were non-wire components. They were saved for the future, if a future owner wanted original components.  These included the external voltage regulator, fuse holders, dimmer switch, turn signal switch and the gauge light bulb holders. Everything else is gone.  Here it is, laying on the garage floor:

The circular bundle are the tail light wires.  The tan wires to the left of that are headlight wires. The engine compartment wires/cab interior wires are at the top of the photo.  The wire harness at the bottom is from the starter to the firewall.  I had to cut the bundle to get them through the firewall.

Next steps:

I have to buy the split wire loom to protect the new wires and the loom holders that attach it to the frame of the truck.  I also need some wire solder and flux.  I have figured out where on the firewall to locate the new fuse panel.  Actually, it has to be on the inside of the cab, not in the engine compartment.  Also, I need to arrange the new wire bundle so that the wires go out of the correct holes in the firewall.  What I mean by that is that wires that go to the starter go through one hole and wires that go to the headlights or to the rear of the truck go through a different hole.  Cab interior wires don't go through the firewall, they get routed to their respective locations (ie, headlight switch, dome light, instrument gauges, heater, etc).

Once I get started on that, I'll make another post.