Brent,
OOOO, ouch! Merry Christmas!
First of all DON'T ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE! There are burned fuel lines in your photos.
This is not likely the result of an "overload" but a direct short to ground in that alternator wire somewhere between the alternator and the battery. Follow it until there is no more burned wire and you will find the short. I assume you fused your headlights at the battery, so if that didn't blow then the short is definitely in that alternator wire, or something connected to it that isn't fused.
This happened to me with an old Saab my son and I installed a bass speaker in. We routed the wire to the amp from the alternator but put the fuse near the amp (idiots!) and the first time he had back seat passengers the wire shorted out and melted the entire wiring harness.
Anything can be repaired as long as you don't catch this mess on fire, so disconnect the battery and hire the tow truck. Maybe someone on the list has a harness left over from a Tiico swap!
Good luck, you'll need it! (And some $$$$ too.)
Stuart MacMillan '84 Westy w/2.1
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