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krazykuda said

What is the name of the flat terminals that lock into the plastic electrical housings for the connectors on the bulkhead etc???? And where can I buy a batch of the male and female ones and a crimper for them???

I believe they are packard xx terminals, what is the "proper name" for them and where can I get some so I can rewire some of the kid's Barracuda????

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I think the rolled ones are Packard 58. A bit harder to find than the Packard 56 style. A lot of the connectors will accept AMP's Faston terminals as well. Del has posted that some connectors won't. That thread Keith linked to hopefully will grow as people add to it.

For crimping, I was really happy with the Astro with interchangable jaws. Even bought the jaws for ignition wires.
BUT, the open barrel jaws do both crimps at once. On some of the male terminals, at least on my jeep, the jaws were too wide to fit. :mad:
Also made it harder to do the two wires on one terminal trick. I fudge my way through, came home, and bought the crimpers from American Wire. So now I'm ready for anything. maybe. These are supposedly copies of the original Packard crimpers. Not the cheapest route, but sometimes it just doesnt matter. Ray has said he's ground down jaws when they were too fat. At this point I didn't have the patience or want to risk messing it up and losing more time. He's got experience in this area that I can't even begin to touch.