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Radio station memory is usually less then that but you could try totally disconnecting the radio (if you can track down its always on connection).
A common electrical drain are the interior lights. If you have footwell lamps the lens is also a switch. Rotated one way is 'automatic' (on with doors open), rotated the other way is always on and halfway between is always off. It is common for an errant toe to switch the lamp to always on and it goes unnoticed. The interior lamps are not very bright and are controlled by a timer relay to keep them on for 20 - 30 seconds after closing the door.
Another possibility is the glove box lamp. It is supposed to be switched off when the glove box lid is closed. Supposed to be...
I'm not as familiar with the later Spiders & the knee bolsters. In our '84 the right side of the fuse box has a pivot that fits into a hole in the steering column support bracket and a catch that secures the pivot on the left side.
A common electrical drain are the interior lights. If you have footwell lamps the lens is also a switch. Rotated one way is 'automatic' (on with doors open), rotated the other way is always on and halfway between is always off. It is common for an errant toe to switch the lamp to always on and it goes unnoticed. The interior lamps are not very bright and are controlled by a timer relay to keep them on for 20 - 30 seconds after closing the door.
Another possibility is the glove box lamp. It is supposed to be switched off when the glove box lid is closed. Supposed to be...
I'm not as familiar with the later Spiders & the knee bolsters. In our '84 the right side of the fuse box has a pivot that fits into a hole in the steering column support bracket and a catch that secures the pivot on the left side.