I wouldn't date a woman who was a model who enjoyed drowning puppies in a river. Don't focus so much on the shiny stuff, instead worry about the stuff people can't see; that's usually more important.
Get the insides right, then make it pretty.
Definitely check over all the main wires first, make sure everything has a clean and solid ground. If you already had an issue with a non-charging alternator, and it's doing it again, I would absolutely suspect the wiring from the alt.
In my searches, I found the following part numbers: 587564, 2820487, 3895033, 2571501, 2096084, 3431020, 3502126, and 3895790 are all interchangeable for the same part. That's how I scored mine so cheap, it was the same part as a Van.
I feel your pain. When I joined here after buying my 68 Newport (3832bbl/727) I knew NOTHING about these cars... Now I'm at the point where I can time it and tune the carb in a matter of 10 minutes.
When you have time, and you're not wrenching on the car, read through as many forum threads as...
Oh joy. Well, I need to get back there to replace the bulbs in my gauge cluster anyway, as well as to get my dash pad off, so I'll just bump that whole thing farther down the list of priorities.
My dimmer was pretty wonky at first, but I gave it a couple rounds of the old "back and forth" and it works great now. It's just the flickering of the actual headlights, they will actually go completely off, but if I lightly touch the switch, they come back on.
Once I finish the trunk, I plan...
I'm considering doing this upgrade myself. My lights have started flickering again. I am going to replace the hi beam stomper, and if I can find the actual dimmer and headlight toggle somewhere without breaking the bank, then I can start driving at night.