wiring problem- all power 'dies'

[scottmitchellrose]

I have a 61 with God-knows-what wiring (it's a mess- been re-wired incorrectly I am sure). In any event, sometimes everything goes dead in a split second. In the past I've charged the battery up, and everything is then good to go (does not appear to be a battery problem- as when one is dying you get that slowing down cranking effect). anyway, turned on the ignition key the other night, all lights came on, went to crank it and 'blam'- everything went dead.
got a split second of lights on last night now everything dead again. My guess is to just buy and entirely new harness. Thanks, Scott