When you let the smoke out of any electrical component they usually won't function any more and try as you might you can never get that smoke back into the component.
rob
This is my 72 Monte. It’s pretty much 70,71 and 72 all put together lol. Rear wheel wells are cut from the front fenders of a 59 rambler station wagon. Between my father and I we have 8 70-72 Montes.