Re: Weird Things

Posted by HH56 On 2012/12/7 9:58:17

Old cars are weird. It's in the rule book somewhere. Many even think the people that like old cars are weird too--so it works out.

Your radio is not hooked up per Packard instructions but it is an easy mistake to make or fix and may have even been done that way on purpose. Lots of cars of the era had the radio wired to be available all the time. Could be a previous owner was nostalgic and wanted it that way.

Remember the scene from "In Harm's Way" where the John Wayne character was driven home. Gets out and sees (or hears) his room mates parked car (Ford, I think) with radio on and playing & no one around. He then walks over to the empty car and turns radio off before going into the house.

Packard instructions was to place the radio feed on the BAT post of the 10 amp circuit breaker located on instrument cluster. If this had been done, the radio would be controlled thru ign switch. If someone had mistakenly (or on purpose) placed it on the BAT post of the 30 amp breaker then that is directly off the battery and is on all the time.