Strange Occurance, Car just died

Really strange issue last night.

The Coronet has been running fine no issues. We went to a club meeting, down the freeway and back 2 miles and some street driving if that matters.

I got off the freeway, and everying that cool.

I was ideling at the light at the freeway exit and the car just quits, dies, lost all power like someone turned a key. I turn the key, after putting it in park, nothing.

Cycle the shifter and try again, it starts, weird.

So going down the street a mile or so, i notice the lights getting dim oh oh. The car dies again, no power to anything, coast to a stop. Push car to side.

So i look under the hood, I touch the BR,, VR, coil, starter relay, bulkhead connector, ALT, Bat cables, they all seem ok.

I looked at the fuses, they were all ok.

Weird, no power to anything at all. All electrical is dead. Then I was stating there pondering, and the wife says "hey, the domelight came on. Try staring the car again, it starts

Drive home, look at everything in the light, everything looks ok.

any one have a idea where to start?

Hmmmmm...... Similar thing happened to me way, way back. Sounds like you were running from the battery. First, check connections (broken wire, green conectors that should be gold or silver...), cracked insulation. Check the alternator brushes and slip rings (that was my problem). Brushes can be gotten from your local auto parts chain, and slip rings can be cleaned up with emory cloth. Intermittent faults can be a bitch to find.

Hmmmmm...... Similar thing happened to me way, way back. Sounds like you were running from the battery. First, check connections (broken wire, green conectors that should be gold or silver...), cracked insulation. Check the alternator brushes and slip rings (that was my problem). Brushes can be gotten from your local auto parts chain, and slip rings can be cleaned up with emory cloth. Intermittent faults can be a bitch to find.

Yeah, it was really strange. the thing is that there was no power to anything, like it didnt have a battery in it.

and then it started fine, like normal, with no battery charging or much, after it was running again.

Sounds like the classic case of bad grounds. Try cleainng all those connections first. Hopefully it will be that easy.

How old is your battery? Sometimes when they take a dive there can be some really puzzling symptoms. Maybe get that tested at the auto parts store.

you pulled the connector off the bulk head and all the wires looked good? reach up behind the dash and wiggle the wires going to the am-meter does this cause the power to cut in and out?