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VIntage speedster - as you know. Horn will not shut off. Turn key and horn goes off. Turn off key and shuts off. Wiring seems to be ok. Could it be in the steering column? Could it be the horn unit itself?
Last question. Does Vintage use new steering columns on car and if so - does anyone know where they get them? I was pretty sure these old VWs (this one is a 69) had the ignition for key on the actual column.
Thanks in advance.
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If it continues to honk after removing the horn button and making sure the wire is not shorted at that point, get underneath and check the wire from the horn to the column. I can't think of anything else that might cause that.
Crappy internet picture. The horn gets a + hot lead all the time. The steering horn button and column give it the occasional ground needed for horn to sound. There is a jumper that goes around the rag (shown as red) in diagram. I'd first remove your horn button and see if the wire came off it and is gounding on the colum.
For the rest of you, is it "normal" in a VS speedster to connect the horn to the ignition circuit such that it stops blowing when the ignition is off?
That would be a big no-no here in Massachusetts, which requires that the horn be independent of the ignition status.
Also, Todd: I have found a weak link in the VW horn circuit to be the jumper connection across the rubber/rag donut shown in Wolfgang's image above. The common flex donut available at places like CIP1 and others often has the wrong size metal bushings molded into the donut and if it gets out of place just a little in normal use it shorts the circuit to ground and the horn blows. Th "Bad" donuts had metal bushings with a larger diameter collar on them after they were installed and crimped in place. That wider collar was the culprit.
" Horn won't stop going on" Lot's of guys have that problem. 
yeah when im driving i hear all these horns behind me all the time ,headlites flashing too,,seems to stop when i finally get to Walmart..
Ah..... You must be a "Walmart Person".
thanks for all the feedback. I know most of these items above have been checked. Not sure what the situation is but hoping to find it soon.
Disconnect it and forget it. Buy a an airhorn and set it in the passenger seat. Grab and squeeze handle when needed. You can point it directly at the problem whether in front, behind or to either side.
Todd, did you pull the horn button from the steering wheel center yet and disconnect it? I'd start there.
Horn is usually switched on all the cars I've seen, Gordon. I didn't know that was a law.
It does make sense to have the horn "hot" when the car is turned off - how many times are you sitting in your small low car and see a Ford F250 backing up with that huge trailer hitch aimed at the center of your hood? Unfortunately it usually happens when noone is in the car - and your can't warn them.
Bridget did this to me a bunch of years ago and it turned out the relay was bad.
