Voltage regulator location? Need a new alternator?

Ok first a bunch of questions..

  1. What car
  2. What year
  3. What engine
  4. What modifications
  5. Did it ever work correctly

As for the voltage regulator. Depending on car it is located on the firewall by the master cylinder, (black can with two wires) this is the old style electro-mechanical single field wire type

Later models had an electronic VR it's mounting location I'm not familiar with. It has 2 field wires.

The alternator you have is commonly refered to as a "square back" it is a later model.

It seems to be internally wired for a single field wire.

Electro-mechanical voltage regulator
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Electronic voltage regulator
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Round back alternator
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Square back alternator
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To answer all your questions.

67 Dodge Dart 270
318 engine
Engine swap would be heaviest mod, I have only had the car for a month, so it has an aftermarket tach, an after market gauge cluster with temp, volts and oil pressure and a modern radio installed. All run to a new fuse block. Oh and it went from an auto to standard transmission. It all worked till recently I started it up and the tach and volt gauge were out.