Electrical: negative battery hook up????

[johnandcathy]

stupid question, my late husband started on the 1964 daytona wagonaire -259 engine and then he died with it half apart. I have now started to finish it 7 years later- I cannot figure out where the negative battery terminal attached to the engine compartment- help please-cathy

[50pete]

On the engine itself. Water pump manifold bolt i believe is where mine is

[Bud]

The connection should be on the left upper water manifold bolt. Bud

[DEEPNHOCK]

Remember...
There is no such thing as a stupid question...
But there is such a thing as a stupid answer...

When it comes to electrical paths... Electricity will always take the easiest path to ground.
That is why clean connections, and the engine block getting the ground cable, as it is the shortest path from the starter motor to ground. (Unless you hooked your ground cable to the starter mount bolt itself).