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The Wiring for the '49 '50 Rear Seat (Rear Courtesy switches, Rear Cigar Lighter, Rear Reading lamp/Switch), were these standard for the Packard or extra? Same question for the '48.

This was dependent on model. For example, the Standard 8 did not have a cigar lighter or courtesy lights, the Deluxe 8 had a cigar lighter, the Custom 8 had both. There were no switches mounted on the seat.

If you are looking for a seat back schematic, the only thing I've found showing the seat and the 4 (2 seat, 2 roof) rear compartment courtesy lights as used on some models is mixed in with the special limo and long wheelbase car info -- 2250 and 2270 bodies. The single seat back lighter is shown with schematics of the regular cars.

Ignoring the stuff in special vehicles that's obviously not in regular cars such as dual lighters, buzzers, and driver compartment lights, the rest looks to be a close approximation to how the ordinary cars were wired. You will have to take account the different mounting locations (and quantity) of some switches.

The schematic is in this counselor article but not the best quality. If you do need one, I can post a better scan.

https://www.packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/SC/SC-VOL21NO23.pdf