the fuse panel was an option item that was only installed if there was some optional electrical accessory installed - notice on the factory wiring diagram there's a dotted square labeled 'ACC JCT BLOCK' - it gets power from 2 places, the ignition switch for items that should be off when the key is off, and the light switch for items that want power all the time, the panel should have labels for the locations of different items, if it's an original

see the diagram linked above, the HEI wire that replaces the coil wire should come from the ignition switch, and the ignition resistor [what you call ceramic block] should be eliminated/bypassed, it's only needed to drop power to a coil when running, and the connection to the starter gives full power to the coil when starting, you want the full 12V to the HEI all the time

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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