[Zedder]

Bill, If you plan on driving the car then I would replace the harnesses, if it's going in a museum and won't be powered, I'd repair the original. Case in point, about 10 years ago my wife and I were watching a fellow load his NCRS topflight '67 BB onto his tailer. All of a suden, smoke started pouring out from under the hood. Man, you should have seen this guy run for the fire extinguisher! Luckily, he got the fire out with minimal damage. He later told us that he completely restored the car but insisted on maintaining the original harnesses because of the wire "colors". He was going to put repro harnesses on just as soon as he got the car home. Also, don't get too hung up on the whole "survivor" thing. Most people using the term don't have any idea what constitutes a "survivor". The car must be at least 50% unrestored in at least 3 of the following areas - exterior, interior, chassis and underhood. Most guys call thier original paint cars survivors despite them being completely detailed underneath and underhood - they wouldn't qualify like that.