Battery and correct wiring question

[OregonNed]

First of all, a huge thanks to everyone for patiently answering all of my recent questions.

I've been plugging away at my '68 - trying to get things correct and original - and undoing some of the strange things the previous owner did. I'm getting ready to upgrade my alternator, and wanted to ask if my battery wiring is correct.

First of all, the battery I have is side terminals, which I really don't care for - and the cables are fairly small gauge. I'd like to go top terminals with new cables, and wondered thoughts on what would look best in a battery. By that, a standard battery or once of the fancier ones I see in nicer vehicles at the car shows..

The way it is wired now is a positive cable going directly to the starter, and a smaller gauge wire going to a small terminal block on the passenger side fender, then a same size wire going from there to the main connector on the alternator itself. From that big terminal, a small jumper wire goes over to a spade connector on the alternator, and on the second spade connector, a small gauge wire runs to the firewall and into what I am assuming the coil. From that terminal block, a wire runs along the radiator and around to inside the cab to the fuse block. The negative cable simply goes right to the alternator mount at the water pump.



Thank you.