Battery draining fast

Pete in NH said
Actually, these old Chrysler systems are pretty simple once you understand them. What does them in today is age, rust and corrosion, people who don't understand them making wiring changes with quickie patch jobs to keep them running. Its what happens to 50 year old cars that go through multiple owners.

Also, ammeters have long ago disappeared from dash boards so few people understand them anymore.

I hope your daughter can hang in there a bit longer. This issue will get sorted out and she'll have a very nice, unique little car.

Yeah She will she gets her hand on it and helps me a lot . Funny thing we found the car on CL afew months ago and didn't have cash at the time . I mentioned I grew up with a friend that had one that would spin the tires all the way to the corner . She kept asking me to call him and finally had the funds and it was removed .we thought he sold it . I was in the process of restoring a 69 falcon that belong to a neighbor that gave me the car
. The biggest mistake everything and I mean everything was broken or not working . I had the motor rebuilt with another block it went on for a while . She ended up asking if we could sell it she wants a older falcon , she wanted steel dash bucket seats vintage muscle car looks . Senior in high school and working . We'll searched craigslist and under falcons was two 65 cudas ! One local that was very clean and all original .12000 funny thing it was white with gold interior . We went to see it and ear to ear smile she loved it and it has everything she asked for . The other one was up north body straight except one dent on rear quarter but all there all the chrome was clean no pitting lenses had been replaced just need tlc and restore the seats and carpet for 3200 .the owner was very cool and upfront on the issues so we had it shipped home . He said he had trouble starting it sometime after reading on this forum it was the ballast resistor . Ear to ear smile again now just making sure its safe then well do complete interior restoration . And retro sound system with Bluetooth so she's not on the phone driving . Hitting it today ill let you know what happens and thanks