Let's welcome "Gina" here! (a 1970 440 Charger-Driving girl)!!! >CHARGER_GIRL?

[DarkAngel0816]

Fire extinguisher sits on the seat with me when I have driven it!  LOL!  That has been covered.  But yeah...I do have a diagram and as soon as I am done with school in a month I am going to get work done on it.

I know it costs, but for me I rather buy all new wiring for I would feel more comfortable driving the car.  I did take photos of the engine bay and as soon as I get it developed...I will post it on here and point out the wire that did the fire show a few weeks back.  See if you all know what exactally it goes too.

[2fast4u]

  Plus I have been working on a novel so yep.

  Dare I ask.............what "novel" would that be?  *you have my attention!!*


2fast

[69_500]

Hopefully this summer we will run into each other at a show. My wife is always complaining that there aren't ever any women our age at a showl

[DarkAngel0816]

Hey 69_500 sounds like a good deal to me.  I plan on going to more this summer for sure around the Indy area.  So let me know if your wife and yourself go to any around here.  Even if it is without the Charger.

36 year old wiring sucks...but thanks for all the suggestions on what you would do and what you would look at.  I appreciate it!

And 2fast...my novel is one based out of the 1800's...more specifically the 1860's-70's.  Hence why I am taking a trip in June to Deadwood, South Dakota.  It is one that I will be using a fictional character with some nonfictional characters from that time.  I love history esp. history around the Wild West times.  I am trying to do alot of research on this novel.  And it is not going to be a love story persay.  Boring.  lol

[253862656971]

Be careful with some of the "history" you hear in Deadwood.  One thing that sticks out at me is the supposed love affair between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill.  If you go look at each one's gravestone you'll see the age difference is huge.  She may have had a crush on him but I doubt he knew her hardly at all.  Another thing is the "chair that Wild Bill was shot in."  The saloon that the shooting happened in and the whole town burned down twice.  Not to mention the fact that it was probably chaos after Wild Bill was shot.  I really doubt that chair ever survived.

If you're looking for a good place to go to do some research head to the Adams Museum.  They have quite a record of the real history of the town.  You can pick up some books by local authors here too.  These books were written and printed in SD and don't usually turn up on the book websites.  They are full of good info.

[472 R/T SE]

Hello.  Nice ride you got there.

If you're gonna drive it with the mentioned problems, I strongly suggest you get at least a couple harnesses replaced and even bypass that alternator gauge.  Get that power out of that cluster, a fire waiting to happen.
If you're not driving it I'd disconnect the battery while it sits!

Check out this thread on the '70 Charger Registry Board.  You don't want this happening.

http://1970chargerregistry.com/70messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=3008&start=45

[Big Lebowski]

my novel is one based out of the 1800's...more specifically the 1860's-70's. 

  Need ideas? Try watching the great western "Lonesome Dove" mini-series with Tommy Lee Jones & Robert Duvall. It's an 1860's Texas to Montana cattle drive story with alot of adventure. I watch it everytime I'm in the mountains for the weekend.

[Old Moparz]

First, I guess I'll say welcome, or welcome back to the site DarkAngel, I've seen the name but Jude gave it a grand entrance.


Hey Mike, (AllBlueRT)

I missed that topic on the '70 site with the crispy Charger. Glad you posted it as a reminder for what can happen. I have a fire extinguisher in my Satellite & have always carried one for almost 20 years. I had a voltage regulator crap out on the way to Carlisle on a Friday night at 10 PM in the middle of nowhere. After I got off the highway & found a gas station open, the attendant said the service shop was closed. As I spoke to him the battery exploded. I was lucky there were no other damages or a fire, but it woke me up.

Now I need to have the extinguisher inspected or replaced & will buy a few more for the other cars.

Bob

[smasherofall]

none of her gauges or dash lights work, probably the a/h she bought the car off of just threw everything together well enough so it would run and drive so he could sell it, and didn't bother reconnecting everything. I plan on checking it out for her when our schedules coincide, probably take just a few hours to get it where it will be safe to drive. (I'm very good with wiring)   

[DarkAngel0816]

lmao@smasherofall...yeah school will be done for me at the end of this month.  Yay!  Than I will be more open on the weekends.  Thank God!

Anyways the battery to the car is not connected.  Do not need to burn down the house with the car.  I almost had a heart attack when the car did spark up when I had it running awhile back.  Turned it off and grabbed the fire entingusher...but the only thing it did was burn through some wiring.  So yep...battery is not connected.

I have studied a lot of history...and I know that the whole thing between Wild Bill and Calamity Jane was more of a ten cent novel type romance...made up.  I do look forward to buying books out there from local historians and etc.  And yep...I do have Lonesome Dove.  I like to watch different shows/movies from that era to see how they write it.  Such as I did buy the first season of Deadwood (although the high amount of cursing makes me cringe lol).  Also "Into the West".  But I tend to read more...if anything.

I have always been interested in history since I was a kid.

[69_500]

Well we usually go to the Suds in Greenwood just about every saturday night. I try to make at least 3 or 4 trips out to the east side cruise in on friday nights as well.

any local mopar shows you can count on us being there.

[2fast4u]

Hey 69_500 sounds like a good deal to me.  I plan on going to more this summer for sure around the Indy area.  So let me know if your wife and yourself go to any around here.  Even if it is without the Charger.

36 year old wiring sucks...but thanks for all the suggestions on what you would do and what you would look at.  I appreciate it!

And 2fast...my novel is one based out of the 1800's...more specifically the 1860's-70's.  Hence why I am taking a trip in June to Deadwood, South Dakota.  It is one that I will be using a fictional character with some nonfictional characters from that time.  I love history esp. history around the Wild West times.  I am trying to do alot of research on this novel.  And it is not going to be a love story persay.  Boring.  lol

   Actually it sounds like its going to be very good......mixing a western and a love story.......usually good reads in my opinion!

   Keep me posted.........and DON'T forget me......okay!   I'd like to know how it turns out!!

2fast

[DarkAngel0816]

Hey 69_500 sounds like a good deal to me.  I plan on going to more this summer for sure around the Indy area.  So let me know if your wife and yourself go to any around here.  Even if it is without the Charger.

36 year old wiring sucks...but thanks for all the suggestions on what you would do and what you would look at.  I appreciate it!

And 2fast...my novel is one based out of the 1800's...more specifically the 1860's-70's.  Hence why I am taking a trip in June to Deadwood, South Dakota.  It is one that I will be using a fictional character with some nonfictional characters from that time.  I love history esp. history around the Wild West times.  I am trying to do alot of research on this novel.  And it is not going to be a love story persay.  Boring.  lol

   Actually it sounds like its going to be very good......mixing a western and a love story.......usually good reads in my opinion!

   Keep me posted.........and DON'T forget me......okay!   I'd like to know how it turns out!!

2fast

Well I am not much on love stories, but I may put a weird love story in this one.  And I will let you know.  Really taking my time studying on this one and researching.    I will let you all know how it is coming in a few months...esp after coming back from Deadwood.  Hope a change of scenery will inspire me.