My 63 did that too. So after some searching I found corrosion on the
battery posts causing bad contact.
Herb
> Dan,
>
> I have a similiar situation on my '60 Overlander. Something is
> draining the battery dead. I thought that everything was turned off
> when winterizing this Fall, but found the battery dead in late Nov. I
> charged it up, but it was dead again a few days ago. This is not
> normal for this coach. Normally I can just leave the battery sit (no
> charger) and it is OK. Now that the trailer is stored at home I can
> plug it in to charge things, but I do not like to leave an unattended
> trailer plugged in for any length of time. My battery is about 4 years
> old, so it is probably time for a new one anyways...but I do have to
> find what is causing the drain...some day when I have a little time!
>
> Scott Scheuermann