Well that was dumb...

One of my dumbest move was utilizing stranded electrical wire for the choke circuit on my barracuda. That should work just fine right? wire is wire right? lol.
I fired the car up and immediately noticed smoke rolling up from the back of the hood and at the same time molten copper and vinyl dripping on my floor mat and shoe.
I shut it off and flew out to yank the - battery cable loose.

All across the recently painted firewall was a nasty black streak where the wire was.
In my rush I forgot to hook the choke wire back up and failed to put a fuse inline.
I learned my lesson well, but lucked out because I waxed the paint on the firewall and the damage just wiped off.
Had to buy a new floor mat though:lol: This was decades ago but I was old enough to know better, but learned of automotive wire, Verses commercial:eek: