Reply To: Dome light

[David Coco]

The ground wire in these cars was originally a solid bare copper wire, while an end connection might corrode, it’s hard to think that the solid wire itself would suffer.

I once put an insert in a 1932 Brougham, and it too had a charred roof! Once I removed the old top, it was nothing but black charcoal holding the top up. Only thing we could figure was the dome light shorted and the wood just smoldered, never really flaming.