MK 1 radio installation

[supersisu]

Now that I have repaired the wiring harness in my 1980 Caddy, it's time for a little luxury: an am/fm cassette radio. There was one installed by a p.o., probably the cause of the electrical fire and melted wiring harness as it seemed to be powered through the headlight toggle switch! Hard to tell with all the fried wires.

I don't think the Bentley manual shows a radio, and I'm wondering how to power it. I'm thinking of taking power from the back of the fusebox, maybe one of the "H" prongs. Would appreciate any ideas.

[CarlosA]

On my car, the defroster switch was disconnected for some reason, so I tapped it for key on only power (and a lot of it).

[TylerDurden]

I used to use the ciggy lighter feed for that stuff. Constant on.

(Don't listen to the radio anymore... need to only pay attention to the idiots trying to kill me.)