Thread: Fuse Panel Location

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Mounting the panel further back in the car is a decent idea, you just need to make sure you have enough lead on the wiring to reach the front end components if you're using a prefabbed panel assembly. I've seen them under the seat, behind the seat, and in the trunk area. But I've done them up under the dash. If you're careful about placement it will tuck up nicely, and if you plan the wire routing away from the low end not much if anything will be visible unless someone gets down low, which doesn't happen often.

I went looking for pictures in my files but realized I didn't have any of the one's I've done for me that show worth a darn. However, here's one that a buddy did on his '32 roadster. This is a shot with the firewall removed, the panel is mounted high on the driver side. This will leave the fuses visible for servicing, and the plan was to route the wires behind the kickpanel, or across the underside of the cowl, or down through the toe kick.....depending on where the wires were going to end up. You can also see the panel where he mounted the headlight and ignition switches so that they are mostly out of sight and not cluttering the dash face.