I found a cheap and easy way to add another vintage touch to my bike. It occured to me that my wife's clothesline rope had the right look. It was pretty easy to pull the sheath off a short piece of rope and slide it over my spark plug wire.
Vintage look spark plug wire
- Thread starter wret
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Now that is a class addition. Hat's off to you, wret.
Just a suggestion but I wonder if a trip to an antique store would be worth while and seeing if you could find an old telephone. That fabric covered wire they used to use on the handset would also be a good alternative to black rubber. It would also have an 'aged' look. Naturally you'd have to use only the covering over real ignition wire.
Nevertheless, your clothes line idea is a great one. It looks good. Thanks for sharing the idea.
Tom
Just a suggestion but I wonder if a trip to an antique store would be worth while and seeing if you could find an old telephone. That fabric covered wire they used to use on the handset would also be a good alternative to black rubber. It would also have an 'aged' look. Naturally you'd have to use only the covering over real ignition wire.
Nevertheless, your clothes line idea is a great one. It looks good. Thanks for sharing the idea.
Tom
WOW! KOOOOOOL! But to late just got my new wire in the mail yesterday. Accidentally cut my wire and needed to replace, on a old Lauson motor. http://enginebarn.myshopify.com/products/cloth-covered-spark-plug-wire
Now i will get some rope to have on hand for any other.....Thanks for the idea..............Curt
Now i will get some rope to have on hand for any other.....Thanks for the idea..............Curt
Very nice wret. I'll have to look Home Depot over when I get there. Tom's right about antique stores. My favorite has always been an antique store or a thrift shop. A lot of the old appliances had cloth covered wire especially irons and they are usually pretty cheap.
Steve.
Steve.
There should be American supplies pf the old fashioned looking leads, we have them here:
https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/categories/vintage-car-parts-electrical-ignition-cable
https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/categories/vintage-car-parts-electrical-ignition-cable
Several sellers on ebay have cloth covered spark plug wire as well as cloth covered primary wire in various gauges. Lots of colors too.
Here is one that has 2 or 3 wires primary wires in one casing.............Curt
http://www.snakeheadvintage.com/
http://www.snakeheadvintage.com/
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Years back I bought 20' of the orange braided "antique" wire of ebay for 25 bucks.
It was a modern repop wire, 7mm with copper core and a plastic coating.
Worked great and I used it on all my bikes.
It was a modern repop wire, 7mm with copper core and a plastic coating.
Worked great and I used it on all my bikes.
When I read the thread heading I immediately thought of the old cloth covered iron cord. Then I read further and found Fasteddy had already suggested it. Great minds think alike.
You could also use a fat shoelace. Some of them have patterns and some are black or other colours but they need to be the fat ones. The laces are really just a tube of fabric that has been flattened. They will open up easy to shove a plug wire through.
You could also use a fat shoelace. Some of them have patterns and some are black or other colours but they need to be the fat ones. The laces are really just a tube of fabric that has been flattened. They will open up easy to shove a plug wire through.
http://enginebarn.myshopify.com/collections/spark-plug-wire My source and he has some other cool stuff
Dont forget yur nuts and terminals! http://www.thehotrodcompany.com/shopnow/show_item.asp?product_id=ra_ring