Where can I get cloth wire loom?

Im looking for something other than plastic wire loom to hide the wires on my 54 with....what have you guys used?

 

<font color="green">I used some stuff we have at work.

We call it "snake skin". I don't know if it goes by another name or what but it is woven plastic or nylon or whatever, it's black and comes in different diameters for different size bundles and it also expands/contracts to conform a bit. </font>

 

Click here.Restoration Specialties in Winber, Pa has several sizes. They are a gold mine for the old style fasteners and details for an old style hot rod. I love to spend time at the shows checking out all the little knick knacks that they handle. Get one of their catalogs.

 

Echlin makes cloth "wire loom." For example " Number, L-616" is 3/8" inside diameter. They have a range of different sizes. I purchase mine from my local NAPA store.

 

Echlin can be found at NAPA. I use CARQUEST here in town, they offer different sizes of cloth sleeving as well. If you deal with a Carquest, ask them for the electrical hardware "picturebook" it has PN's and pics of all the terminals and other accessories. The book has a PN for it, but mine is at work.

 

YnZ Supply in Redlands, Calif. They make factory color/spec complete looms for the resto crowd, or sell piece-meal. They have about a billion color/pattern combinations. Its modern vinyl coated wire sheathed with a cotton woven layer, and looks dead-on.

 

try rhode island wiring supply,they make the stuff. you can get complete wiring harness , or buy it by the foot.

http://www.riwire.com/

 

There must be a lot of demand for that type of stuff.

I talked to a guy a while back about restoring a 1936 Westinghouse Radio that my Great Grandparents owned. It stands about 4 foot tall and the cabinet is made of Fiddleback Maple (like a Les Paul), and Walnut.

This guy asked if I wanted it restored back to original specs, including "Cloth Insulated" wiring. I told him I wanted modern wiring in it, but I thought that was pretty interesting that he could still get stuff like that. He said he could even get reproduction material to re-cone the speaker, and reproduction cloth for the speakergrille.

 

Check with your local AC-Delco supplier. They still make the OE style cloth looms... I got a bunch from my last employer, but I'll be damned if I can remember where they are...

Jay

 

I think John at Brillman.com has it too.

 

Desoto here on the hamb does custom cloth wiring harnesses.
He has the machine also that braids the whole harness in cloth.

Doug

 

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There must be a lot of demand for that type of stuff.

I talked to a guy a while back about restoring a 1936 Westinghouse Radio that my Great Grandparents owned. It stands about 4 foot tall and the cabinet is made of Fiddleback Maple (like a Les Paul), and Walnut.

This guy asked if I wanted it restored back to original specs, including "Cloth Insulated" wiring. I told him I wanted modern wiring in it, but I thought that was pretty interesting that he could still get stuff like that. He said he could even get reproduction material to re-cone the speaker, and reproduction cloth for the speakergrille.

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the lacquered-cotton covered wire he was going to use was, most likely, a polyvinylchloride-covered (PVC) wire with the cotton braided over it.

A previous post mentioned Rhode Island Wiring. They're pretty good. I've been buying most of my cloth-covered wiring from his brother at Narragansett Reproductions but I may switch to R.I.W. for my next stock order.