Welcome Sidewinder, I'm new here too. I just picked up a 1979 Cougar last year, and have had to redo all of the wiring scratch. Most of it isn't much different than plain old car wiring, but I have been using marine grade wire, connections, and heat shrink tubing. I actually used wiring diagrams for the engine bay of a 1978 Ford truck to help me figure out how to wire my engine(460 Ford), if that helps at all.
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