Ok - so I have a '68, with a 350. The car recently started doing some odd stuff. Not sure what is related, but here goes:

The horn would honk randomly - even when the car was parked and key was out! It wouldn't just "honk honk", but more like a whine/moan coming from the horn. Finally I just disconnected the horn (at the horns).

Then the battery (brand new) would die after parking the car for a few days. I'd charge it up, and be able to drive off. Didn't always happen - but I figured it had to do with the horn circuit - as maybe it was still "shorting" (?) and though the horn wasn't connected, it was still draining the battery somehow.

Then one day I went to start the car, and just heard a loud "CLICK!", and my interior lights went out. The car didn't turn over - it just fried the battery. I charged it up again, and the same result. Zap. I left the charger plugged in to it (plugged in to the wall outlet) and tried again "Zap Zap Zap Zap" - it wasn't a good sound, and the car was *not* turning over at all. (almost fried my battery charger in the process!)

So... someone came over, I charged the battery up, and they jumped the solenoid. Loud click (as before), and dead battery. Now - I have a solenoid mounted to the firewall, on the passenger side - not sure why. It looks like I might have one bolted to my starter as well. (the car is in the street, and there's traffic - plus it's a little chilly out to be crawling around under the car in the road)

Ok - so how do I fix this?! I was thinking of having the car towed to a shop (at random, I don't know any offhand) and having them replace the starter. Would that fix it? Other ideas?

Thanks!!!

ps - As an aside, my wife and I are expecting our first this February!!! Woohoo! Now I need to get the car started so I can move it out of the road, and at least store it in the garage. Plus we're planning on moving this spring, so I'd need to move the car a few more times.