Where I lucked out on that was that there were sparks when I began to hook
up the first end of the jumper cable. I knew something was wrong
immediately, as the Volvo was running at the time, so I knew to hook it up to
the other post.
Timothy Callaway
1965 Crown 4-door
The same thing happened to me on my parents '60 one night in 1970 when
I was using it. Someone at a Drive In Movie Theatre tried to help me by jumping it, and hooked them up wrong because the negative cable was red. The battery blew up, but luckily it didn't harm the paint. Paul W. -----Original Message----- From: jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 2 May 2007 11:02 AM Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals Hi Tim, Back when I was using my '60 as a daily driver I friend of mine needed a jump. He hooked the cables up wrong and my battery blew up! There were pieces of battery all over the place. The paint on the passenger front fender still has some minor acid burns. See what's free at AOL.com. |