Spliced A/C relay 1977 Newport

Trying to cleanup the wiring on a 77 Newport with auto temp 2 a/c. Noticed the a/c relay (yellow wire black stripe) is a spiced connection from before or after (black wire white stripe) the fuse panel. It's crimped on with a large yellow crimp connector. There is another red wire w/ an inline fuse on a red wire crimped before or after the fuse panel also. This seams to run to a connector plug on the right side of the car that I've associated with the climate control. My questions are: is anyone else seeing this on their auto temp 2 equipped cars? Specifically crimped tie-ins). If not where are you seeing these connections tie-in? Would it be common for the factory to do this (as I see no other place these wires could be connected in the harness)? Could this be a recall fix?
Author: angus66