[CaptainVictory]

Here's one I haven't seen in the manuals or in Google searches.

I was starting up the '61 today. While cranking, everything suddenly stopped -- and I mean everything. Even the generator and other idiot lights went out. I backed off the key, turned it to every position, and nothing. No lights, not even a click.

I disconnected the battery (which is probably a year old), and tested it. Full voltage. Then reconnected it and tried to start the car again. Now the idiot lights once again lit up at the key's first position, and at the second position I heard the solenoid click. But nothing else happened. Thinking the solenoid might be fried (it's an old one), I replaced it with a new one. Same problem.

Every time I try to start it, the same thing happens -- lights come on, solenoid clicks, lights go out. And every time I disconnect the battery and reconnect it, the lights will come back on again. It kinda "resets" itself.

The starter is just a few months old, and the cables are all good. Everything was working fine up until today. I haven't done the jumper thing on the starter yet. I could do that, but the "resetting" thing just makes me suspect that some relay is getting stuck (and that disconnecting the battery lets it reset). But I really have no idea.

Anyone have any inkling what this could be?