Original fastener for a 69 Charger RT ballast resistor

Does anyone have a picture of the above? I can't seem to locate one and my car does not have the correct one.

Thanks for the help

Isn't that the bolt with the "boat anchor" in it? Captured washer with the teeth on the back side?

Yes, unless it is a very early 69. Then it would have the smaller head firewall bolt like 68 and older.

I didn't realize there was a difference between the 68 and 69 bolts. Interesting. Can anyone post a pic of the two bolts? Would like to see the difference.

I don't agree with a difference in these bolts. I hav 67 thru 70 b-bodies and they all use the same bolts for ballast, voltage reg, starter relay. No mark In the head, no spinning washer and no teeth on the underside. See picture. I have LA and St Louis cars 67-70 all use these bolts. Those anchor bolts with washer and teeth are newer.

There are definitely 2 different bolts used between 68-69. The ones you have pictured are typical 68 style. You are right about the anchor marking ones being newer. I should have caught that. The anchor ones are identical to the original bolts other than the head marking. Original 69-70 bolts actually had a head marking that looked like a target almost. You can kind of see it in this picture on the ballast resistor and voltage regulator. The engine ground uses a different type of bolt entirely. (5600 original mile A12 69 1/2 Super Bee survivor)

This is why I hate restorations !! But hey, whatever makes you lose sleep at night ... !

MI Mopar Works would you mind telling me what the black wire is that goes with the blue/br on ballast I don't recognize that thanks!

Also I have correct bolt for ballast 69 Charger but the hole is stripped, I don't want any goofy bolt in there I want this one,any suggestions on that!

The metal gets pulled out and then the hole is too large. Take a punch and hit aroundd the edge of hole to push the metal in. Even better if you can get a dolly on the backside of it.

That is the idle solenoid jumper wire. Specific to A12 cars.

Thanks NANKET,MI Mopar,I figured it was that solenoid or thought you might say it was,reason I ask is because this 69 Charger is a moslty resto car we put on a Edelbrock w/ elec choke I was wondering if I can grab power from that "run" side of the ballast because it should be fused or am I wrong?It would be just damn handy to use that there but am also tapping in a hidden ECU blue wire maybe to much draw from a single terminal hhmm

Also you can hang strands of copper wire in the hole.

Yeah OK,it has the ballast jerked at a angle when it's plugged in,ill try the wire first thanks!

If you can get to the back a nut works

Common sense I don't know with the heater box thanks for advice I'll try

Where there two different types of ballast resistors used? The one you show clearly uses the same fastener as the VR, but my ballast resistor fastener hold is through the resistor itself and requires a longer fastener. Bill Rolik sells a fastener that is longer and would accommodate my application. BUT I don't want wrong fasteners on my car. I did not have the correct fastener in the BR to start with so I want the correct BR and the correct fastener.

I don't recall my ground strap using a different fastener than the other firewall parts? I have the original ground strap and will look at the indention the fastener made on the strap to see if it is larger than the other firewall fasteners. I do have the original fasteners for the starter relay, VR....and thought ground strap.

I am restoring a 69 Charger RT original drivetrain, sheetmetal, floors etc. local Charlotte car that I have known since I was 16. My neighbor owned the car.

Through some more digging around, it appears that I had a replacement BR that requires a longer fastener. I have since purchased the correct BR that uses the shorter firewall fastener.
Thanks