I have installed a trunk mounted battery in my 60 Valiant and was wondering if I need to install some sort of circuit breaker or big fuse back at the battery connection.The reason I ask this is that 60-61 Valiants do not have a fuse box but instead several fusable links and one glass fuse(to the radio) and dont want the car or its occupants to burn down should somthing bad happen.I do have the positive cable well insulated and secure and it reads 14.2 at the battery so it is charging well,just want a some extra prtection.
Thanks in advance
HyperValiant

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1960 Hyper-Pac Valiant(rolling test-bed)
1963 Valiant V2OO(Son's summer project,- he just turned 15 )
1972 Valiant 4dr(Daughter Kelly's repair in progress)
1974 Valiant (v8) daughter Kelly's work in progress

Sounds like a good idea to me

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Yep, you definitely want a suitable main circuit protector (big fuse) in the positive battery cable, right close to the battery. You may or may not want to install a solenoid-activated bypass activated by the starter circuit, depending on your philosophy.

Also, there were no fusible links on Mopars pre-'64. One or two glass fuses on a '60 Valiant from the factory, but that's it.

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Thanks Dan,do you have any suggestions on a fuse and where I can purchase such an item?
thanks
HyperValiant

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1960 Hyper-Pac Valiant(rolling test-bed)
1963 Valiant V2OO(Son's summer project,- he just turned 15 )
1972 Valiant 4dr(Daughter Kelly's repair in progress)
1974 Valiant (v8) daughter Kelly's work in progress

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1960 Hyper-Pac Valiant(rolling test-bed)
1963 Valiant V2OO(Son's summer project,- he just turned 15 )
1972 Valiant 4dr(Daughter Kelly's repair in progress)
1974 Valiant (v8) daughter Kelly's work in progress