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Last thing not working - except clock and radio - is the horn. I pulled the hub and fished out the wire that runs from the hub contact down the steering shaft - it was loose and looked fried at the bottom end. The wiring diagram says it goes to a Douglas Connector down at the bottom - which I assume is something I will have to locate from beneath the car when it's on a lift, but I don't know what a "Douglas Connector" is. Please advise and where one can get such and anumal. Thank you.

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In the loom portion going to the generator and the oil sender should be another short length of wire -- about 6 or 8" long by itself and heading toward the steering box. It should have a plastic connector on the end. You can probably see if from the top but reaching is easier from the bottom. That wire joins to the wire you pulled out and completes the circuit to the S terminal of the horn relay. Horns connect to H terminal and battery voltage to the B terminal of the relay. (The relay could also be the reason for no horns.) As to the connector, some of the cars used the Douglas connectors which are round and come in various diameters. Other models used Wade connectors which are a small squarish brass tab with a small hole in the middle. Both type connectors are black and look something like this photo from RI wirings site. Most Wade connectors still available are for approx 5/16 wide tabs and ones in that smaller size -- approx 3/16 wide -- may not be available any longer

If you need to replace the black round connector, they are available from Rhode Island wiringriwire.com (listed under supplies, then terminals) and other places but you may not be able to get the exact size you need anymore. If that turns out to be the case you may be able to accomplish the same by using a modern male and female bullet connector from the parts store. Packard typically used around the .156 modern size but the downside to that is depending on what you need you may have to replace both sides. If you go that route, a covering of black heat shrink will disguise it sufficiently.

One other thing since you pulled the wire out. It can be extremely difficult to get it back in place from the top. It has to thread thru a narrow tube at the bottom which is suspended in the middle of the steering shaft. Unless everything lines up perfectly it will catch and progress stops. I suggest using a length of stiff wire and feed that thru the tube exit at the bottom center of steering box. Push the wire all the way up to the top where you can attach the horn wire. The attachment has to be extremely smooth and narrow -- no bulky bumps -- so it can be pulled thru the small tube with the stiff wire.

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