Coronetguy68
New Member
Hey guys I'm new here I've tried searching a bit but I cannot find exactly what I'm looking for. I have a 1968 Coronet, the car was fully restored years back and everything replaced. I'm upgrading to a higher amp alternator, however it seems like this car is wired like a 1970 and up with the silver box style voltage regulator. It's a two wire alternator setup, now for my big issue at hand. I took apart the cluster and retro fitted a volt gauge where the amp meter was and made it look factory. Everything I read it says to put both the wires that were on the amp meter together. Now I was tracing wires to follow those using continuity test. The red wire, I get a signal off the positive battery cable, now the black one gets signal on any ground. Bolts under the dash ect.. So obviously I can't hook the two together but I can't for the life of me make sense why the car would be wired this way? It does make my life easier just hook it to the volt gauge done, or am I missing something here. It also begs the question did the guy who restored the car have that as a volt gauge. I appreciate any help in advance