1968 Lucas fog light wiring connector?

[admin]

I'm disassembling the front end of my '68 HCS so I can do some sheet metal repair under the battery tray (where it's corroded/rusted away to swiss cheese).

As I was unplugging the Lucas fog lights I was a little surprised that the wiring connector wasn't the typical single piece rubber on both ends. The connector on the car side is a standard single piece, but the wires coming from the fog light side are just separate wires (one male, one female).

Is this how they were originally? I very strongly believe the wiring on this car hasn't been messed with. I've owned it for 28 years and this is the first time I've unplugged them. And I bought the car from the original owner, who was not the type to mess with anything.

Also, I wasn't aware that there were small square plates under the grille trim, directly under the mounting pedestals. Presumably these are spacers to keep the pedestal bolt from dimpling the grille trim when it's tightened. The spacers have a slightly raised lip at the rear and were sitting in what looks like a bit of sealant on the rear.

 

[admin]

Here are a few more photos of the fog lights for reference.

 

[Mosesatm]

My four sets of early lights all have different ends so I'm no help. It looks like people tend to cut the wires when removing the lights. Here is a photo of my car-side connector.
There should be two flat washers per light to act as a solid sandwich.

 

[Ruppstang]

Jon what you have pictured is the correct connector. It was Fords way of adapting the Lucas fog light to the standard GT fog light wiring.

 

[admin]

I just installed my Lucas fog lights again after painting the car, so here are some more reference photos.

 

[admin]

I still had my original rubber washers (between pedestal and wide grille molding) but they weren't in the best shape. I was able to find a very close match at my local Ace Hardware. Outside diameter and thickness were spot on. The inside diameter was too small, but I got a cheap leather punch set off Amazon which solved that problem.