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The old style harness is a bad design with a lot of issues. New wires or old wires the design has issues.
If original from the factory is your goal, stick with it. If reliable and safe is your goal switch to a more modern harness with fused sub circuits and relays.
One thing I would recommend to anyone is to put a 350A fuse in series with the battery, right at the battery. The battery cable routes through the metal frame of the car and chafing-shorting of that line can lead to a smoke show.
Now you know why the cars were sold without seat belts. You could bail out quicker when the smoke started.
Full well understood. My history here goes back to 1967 when my dad sold Hillmans and Sunbeams in Massachusetts. When I was 12 (1968) I was already fixing electrical problems in these cars. After a 35 year hiatus, I have come full circle and own an Alpine again. I think working on these electrical systems back then made me become a radio amateur and then eventually an electrical engineer. Gone back to my rootes...