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Expert: - 7/18/2011


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As I'm sure you know the '69 Ranchero has a fuse box with the glass cylinder fuses. I want to replace the fuse box with a new block that has new push in littlefuses type style. Do you have any idea if anyone makes one? Or, Do I have to create it myself? Thanks for reading my e-mail. I will be looking for your reply. Have a Great Week and Thanks Again.

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There are several places to purchase that type of add on. I just finished a rewire job on a 46 Chevrolet for a customer and I used a fuse panel out of a late Saturn. Takes a bit of wiring but it worked just fine and gave me all the circuits that I needed for this street rod. NAPA makes some nice accessory fuse panels that I have used in other customers cars.  

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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

Experience

Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

Awards and Honors
Moto Award winner. And much more.

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