"if that's the case then the battery is in backwards so if I actually took the battery and you know hope the the ground strap up to the positive and the starter up to the negative would it hurt anything I mean would it be fine and yes it is a 6 volt battery and the starter was rebuilt not the generator though that probably needs to be done to"
So as has been noted, the car is not polarity sensitive excepting for the generator (reading through it seems the charge/discharge light is NOT polarity sensitive but I cannot verify).
So yes, to make the car original you would turn the battery around, and hook up the ground strap to the positive terminal and the starter to the negative terminal, and make sure the generator is polarized that way.
Here is a little guide for that:
Polarizing your generator Your Packard has a Delco (GM) system from what I can gather.
I guess I might not quite mess with that yet, if you are SURE you put the new battery in the same as the old battery, it's possible your car was changed to negative ground in order to work with the aftermarket eletric fuel pump that was installed.
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