65 Barracuda daily driver

You should have battery voltage to the one side of the ballast resistor. You have 12+ volts to the starter relay, that is apparently your battery voltage. What is corroded or loose that is only delivering 10 volts to the ballast? Next, the output from the ballast resistor should be wired directly to the "+" side of the ignition coil. You have ~8 volts out of the ballast, but <6 volts at the coil. You have poor connections!

I guess it's time to rewire everything and solder every connection. I was hoping to do that once the V8 is in. I have the necessary wiring diagrams, but they only tell me the colors and not the gauges of the wires. I've searched, but haven't found that info. Any idea where I can find that?