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Cloth covered wire
« on: February 22, 2012 4:53 am »
Either locally or online, any good sources? Looking for the "standard"-ish 16-20ga in any color.
« Last Edit: February 22, 2012 4:54 am by sixinarow »
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Re: Cloth covered wire
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012 5:43 am »
I have not seen it localy. You can get it here online. http://www.riwire.com/
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Re: Cloth covered wire
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012 6:18 am »
You need a good amount of length?  I do have a good amount of 51vintage wire...

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Re: Cloth covered wire
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2012 8:45 pm »
American Autowire sells kits with Laquered fabric wire, not sure iff they sell it seperatley, might be worth looking into

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Re: Cloth covered wire
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2012 1:10 am »
You need a good amount of length?  I do have a good amount of 51vintage wire...

Go ahead and hang onto that, you worked hard for it.

Thanks guys.
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Re: Cloth covered wire
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2012 12:29 am »
American Autowire gets all their cloth covered wire from Rhode Island Wire. RI Wire also has vintage spark plug wire and Rajah style terminals.

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Re: Cloth covered wire
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2012 1:07 am »
I ordered some up for RI Wire today. Had em throw in a catalog while they were at it.
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