TMCP #641: Scott Bowers – Ron Francis Wiring – Wiring a Hot Rod the Right Way
The MuscleCar Place
Robert Kibbe
4.5 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Scott Bowers from Ron Francis Wiring returns to The MuscleCar Place to talk about the art—and reality—of wiring hot rods the right way. With decades of experience helping builders bring everything from garage projects to award-winning show cars to life, Scott shares why thoughtful wiring design makes all the difference. Instead of generic “universal” kits, Ron Francis Wiring focuses on engineered systems built around real-world setups, ensuring builders get harnesses that make sense and actually work the way they should.
Along the way, Scott shares behind-the-scenes stories from the SEMA Show, dives into the surprising rise of the Ford Crown Victoria as a hot-rodding platform, and busts one of the most common electrical myths in the hobby—why installing a high-amp alternator won’t “overcharge” your system. It’s a fun and practical conversation filled with real-world tech knowledge that every builder—from first-time project owners to seasoned fabricators—can appreciate.
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| 0:00.0 | The Muscle Car Place online podcast, episode number 641. |
| 0:05.1 | This week, our pal Scott Bowers from Ron Francis wiring returns. |
| 0:09.2 | Now, longtime listeners know that I will forever appreciate, and owe Scott a debt of gratitude |
| 0:14.6 | for allowing my Chevella in his booth at the Seema 2013 show. |
| 0:18.6 | Now, as you might guess, Scott and his team know a lot about electrical, everything when it comes to cars, switches, knobs, bulbs, wiring kits, amperages on alternators that can reduce peak horsepower pools due to lack of proper gauge on cables, all that stuff. And if you call them with a question or desire to swap a crown, Vic six bar training anything they'll help you with that |
| 0:38.2 | but mostly as long as i've known scott he's always been a really straightforward and honest |
| 0:43.0 | guy and for business owners you're going to hear from someone who has expanded and then reduced |
| 0:48.4 | product offerings solely for the purposes of quality control serving serving customers, and living with his own |
| 0:54.3 | conscious. |
| 0:55.0 | And we're not Amazon. |
| 0:56.6 | We're not, okay, go ahead and return it. |
| 0:58.8 | You know, we want them to be happy and we want to help them fix it. |
| 1:01.8 | And when we can't, that's the kind of stuff that keeps me awake at night. |
| 1:05.3 | And I don't want that. |
| 1:10.4 | This is the Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, brought you by National Parks Depot. |
| 1:17.0 | This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars. |
| 1:23.3 | If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you. |
| 1:29.6 | Now, here's your host, Rob Kibby. |
| 1:33.1 | Yes, indeed. I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast. |
| 1:36.6 | Well, here we are the second week of March 2026 already. |
| 1:40.2 | You can feel the car season in the air, can't you? |
| 1:43.6 | Scott Bowers, the owner of Ron Francis Wearing, is here to talk you all through the tales that come with owning Ron Francis, |
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