Hi all, new here.

I am putting a 460 in my '56 Ford Panel truck and am starting from scratch...no existing wiring. Does anyone have a simple diagram or can write how my connections should be for the following components:
-external voltage regulator
-Alternator (stock)
-Starter solonoid (remote type on firewall)
-Starter
-Ignition switch
- Coil

It has a durasparkII type distributor (made by proform). I will also be connecting an Accel 300 box as well. I've looked as some diagrams, but they are confusing to me as they have many more things going on than I need.
Thanks,
James aka HwyHog

 

Here is the large wiring for the starter.



Here is the wiring for the alternator.




Here's the wiring for the duraspark ignition.


If you notice, the starter solenoid is common to all the diagrams.

Your first concern should be power distribution. You should have a 10 guage wire hooked to point #3 in the top diagram. This wire will be the elec feed for the whole truck. On the 10 guage wire, a very very short distance away from point #3 , some sort of fuse protection should be provided. The factory used a fusible link, which you could rob from a junk car or truck, or a large circuit breaker, or a large fuse. I would make it around 50 amps in value.

After this fuse/link/breaker, this power wire will need to spread out to feed the seperate circuits in the truck. You will have to decide were you want this located. It will feed a "hot all the time" to the fuse box, a hot wire to the ignition switch, and a hot wire to the headlight switch for the headlights only(the factory headlight switch has a built in circuit breaker. If you use a plain toggle switch, I would recommend running through a circuit breaker first.) All of the above is the main power feeds.

You will then have another power feed from the ignition switch to the fuse box. This will power the circuits that only come on with the key. So half of the fuse box is fed by the "hot all the time" feed, and the other half is fed by the ignition switch for "power in run" circuits.

 

Thanks Franklin2, that's exactly what I needed...a simple, yet informative diagram.