65 tail light problems

[markeb01]

After years of various lighting issues on my previous rides, I take grounding one step further. It's pretty simple, but not appropriate for a pure stock restoration.

On the rear of the vehicle I run individual ground wires from each light bucket, including the license light to a central ground terminal mounted on the frame. From here, a separate 14 gauge ground wire is run to the front of the frame near the battery, and attaches to what I call the Primary Ground terminal. From here, individual ground wires connect to each front light bucket, and another wire runs to a ground post on the dashboard. The Primary Ground terminal is connected to the engine block with a full size battery cable. A second battery cable runs from the same bolt on the engine block to the negative post of the battery. It sounds like overkill, but it’s easy to do and eliminates random problems later. The more lighting and electronics installed, the more important the grounding becomes.