I'm going to be wiring up my '36 here soon, and want linen wrapped wire. I've found a source on ebay, but since he's buying 100 foot spools and selling it in 10' chunks, I figured I might as well simply buy a couple of spools myself and have plenty. Where to get this stuff? Thanks, Brian
Check with Sacremento Vintage Ford. They have cloth covered wire in several colors and sell by the foot.
Rhode Island Wireing...ready made harness's or wire by the foot. The best quality cloth wire in the business; plus, they have wiring diagrams for EVERY car and the correct gauge/colored wire for any application. The harness's are second to none and can't be told from original. They sell the correct end connections, by application, too...
I can vouch for Brillman..he used to live not too far from me. He's a small independent from a small town. I once visited him & did an article for the newsletter for our local chapter of the Antique Truck Assn. of America about his cloth wire production. He makes them in his garage with all of the old (very complicated) looms. The looms aren't big..they just sit on a table top. It's fascinating to watch.
I got some secondary ignition wire from them, excellent quality. They were easy to do business with as well.
why dont you buy a cloth covered loom for the '36? cant remember the companies name but the guys on fordbarn always come up with a name of someone who makes them - ask over there?
I would, but there's nothing '36 Ford about it except some of the exterior sheet metal! Thanks to all for the sources, I'm on it now! Brian
Got all my needed wire, in 4 colors, including cloth covered spark plug wire, coming from Rhode Island wire. Thanks guys!
opps saw this post to late but Rhode Island Wiring Rocks!!!!!! I have used them in the past and have always been satisfied, and they have made custom harnesses for me too...(well stuff that was very specialty and not in their library)... only down side is they don't do ford?
www.britishwiring.com has some pretty cool stuff with a different look to it... battery terminals, etc.
Doesn't someone make a single wire cloth cover? Meaning that modern plastic coated wire slides inside. Seems like I read about it here on the HAMB. In view of all the cloth covered wire failures we had on our 49 & 50 Ford coupes it was a sunny day indeed when we discovered plastic covered wire.
From the Rhode Island Wire web site "We start with modern plastic insulated, stranded copper wire, and braid or dye it in our own machines with quality cotton or dye in the correct color codes. We process our braided wire through our lacquer tower where it receives two separate types of protective coatings. The first, to seal and bond the braid to the insulation; the second, to resist physical damage. The chemicals we use make our products, unlike those of most other manufacturers, self extinguishing out of the presence of an open flame, conforming to Underwriters Laboratory specifications FR-1." Tom...
Cool . . . sounds like no more problems than regular plastic wire and with the extra coatings probably less.
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