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I see, so each spark plug had that small umbrella shield. Well the wires still must have used some kind of loom to keep the wires off the manifold?
pictures anybody?.
I see, so each spark plug had that small umbrella shield. Well the wires still must have used some kind of loom to keep the wires off the manifold?
pictures anybody?.
A web search will turn up pictures of the heat shields.
No radio cars used all the same plug wire supports as cars with radios, including the rubber coated two wire clips on the block. When installed at the factory, the wires may not all have been the same. The factory used individual wires of varying lengths, from 37" to 53". Each length had it's own part number, and the Assembly Manual indicated which part number was used for each plug. To determine if any or all were the same, you'd have to compare the part numbers from the radio and non radio pages in the AIM.
The early Corvette Parts Books only show a single, universal, cut to length wire for all Corvette small blocks, not complete sets. AC Delco has always sold complete sets for 63-74 small blocks, with no distinction between radio and non radio cars. The Delco set is part number 508N.
Below is the page from the 1965 AIM, showing the plug wire installation on a no radio car.
Thanks for the information, they still used a lot of shielding without a radio. Also interesting that at the factory they might have used different length wires in production.
