Can I ask why you wrapped them?  I've heard that the wrap will trap moisture and accelerate rusting.
 
Great work so far
 
Matt
 

Matt75
Can I ask why you wrapped them?  I've heard that the wrap will trap moisture and accelerate rusting.
 
Great work so far
 
Matt
 

Thanks Matt appreciate that.
I ended up wrapping as previously I had the clutch cable wrapped to keep the heat off it. So I just decided to go the other way this time. Thought it may help slightly to keep heat in the engine bay down also as since I don't have an external fresh air feed into my intake.
I am not too sure about rust factor. It will live inside so hopefully this isn't an issue

I'm doing the same with mine - sandblasted, painted and ready for wrapping.

Ionix
For all those with a good memory, does the charge wire which goes to the coil from the starter motor, is that normally from the top connection or the bottom of that makes sense ?

One of the spade terminals on the solenoid of the starter will energise the solenoid & power the starter motor. If memory serves me right it will be the bottom one.
 
The other spade terminal goes to the coil to give the coil a 12V boost during cranking, as opposed to the 9V it uses during running.
 
If you get them the wrong way around nothing will happen and no damage will be done. Just swap them over.

Ionix
Thanks chuff
It's engaging so it must be right which is good then! It just threw me as it had provision for 3 terminals.

If you've got 3 terminals, you'll find that 2 of them are for the same input into the solenoid. One will be bent around the side as that's where the later wiring looms placed the plug at the end of the wire. Maybe this was Ford's attempt to make it idiot proof as the wires, if run correctly, could not be plugged into the wrong terminals in case you couldn't tell by wire colour.
 
Or, then again, maybe it just allowed Ford to employ colour blind workers.

It's alive again!!
After a week of over complicating why it wouldn't start (worried about ecu issues, Hall effect sensor etc) I pulled the leads off the distributor cap and the copper had corroded from sitting. New distributor cap and got new leads and plugs and started first time!

Absolutely! A fair bit to go...kind of anyway. Time till completion will depend on how long I can keep working on it and ignoring the wife 😬
Now that I know the wiring works I'll pull radiator out again and do all the final taping of the loom and engine bay tidy up. That should then complete it up front.
Fix the fuel lines to chassis rails and general things mainly.
New wheels, enjoy for a bit.....then new paint.