No power to the 1964 Chevy G10 dash.

So, I just picked up a 1964 chevy van. Its got a 230 straight 6 3 on the tree and runs great. the problem is that, I was looking around in it and turned on the inside lights every thing was fine till I shut them off and tried to turn on the head lights . when I pulled the light switch to "on" nothing happened. I then tried starting it and nothing happened. So I then proceeded to check the fuses and they were all good. My question is, "does any body know where the problem might be? And What should I try next?" Im new to the old car thing and the problem solving when it comes to this thing. so any help would be very helpful.
Thanks lilwood8.

P.S. the battery is good, and this might be a stretch but does anybody have a wiring diagram for this year van? .

I would start with the battery cables. The cables may be corroded so as to not make proper contact. Mine were rotten inside the ends that attach to the battery. Try some new ones, at least then you no you have proper ground and power. Next check to see if your dash has a proper ground wire going to it. Maybe run one more new one to insure it has this. I would then try wiggling all the wires where they connect to each other. I found a lot of these connections were oxidized and needed some cleaning. I hope this helps solve your problem. I'm sure others will chime in as well.

donivan65 wrote:The fast answer is-wiggle the connector next to the carburetor

Haha! Donivan helped me out with this exact same problem/solution on my 65 shortly after i bought it! He knows all!!!

lilwood8 here's a link to the wiring diagram. It's posted in the Archive section of the forum. Just click on each pic to see the whole pic. You can save them, print and tape together fro a complete diagram.

https://vintage-vans.forumotion.com/t25630-first-gen-wiring-diagram

Where in Mo. are you?

1st off,welcome to the board Lilwood.Always great to see a younger person amongst us older dudes.Plenty of folks here to help ya out.Post some pics of ya ride,tell us about it.

Welcome to the early world. Welcome aboard. Hopefully it is as easy as wiggling those battery cables, cleaning them and tightening them.

Thank you all, you all helped me out. Turns out that there were some loose wires that weren't making a good connection. Its all working great again. Im happy to be aboard too, always loved these vans and Im happy to have found this site. Thanks once again, Ill post some pics soon and Im sure Ill have more questions in the future.