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Re: Wiring Harness Advise Needed

To: davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net>, <HealeyBN7@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Wiring Harness Advise Needed
From: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 07:33:35 -0700
Autosparks is the EOM for these harnesses and most of the rest of the
British motor industry. British Wiring is their US distributor.

Bill Lawrence


On 4/23/05 9:24 AM, "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:

> I worked with "Sparks" in Nottingham England, when I got mine. --At the time,
> some of the exact details of my specific harness had not been totally hashed
> out in concours, --and they worked with me on records they had for cars with
> consecutive serial numbers, and produced for me a beautiful set of original
> harnesses at a much better price than many of the other sources I had checked.
> --They also provided very good tagging of the ends, correct terminals in all
> cases, and good diagrams.
> A concours harness will have all of the correct colored ticking, thread count,
> and terminals. I don't see the point if there is a huge difference in price
> and you don't care about originality. (Me, I'd spend the extra bucks, after
> checking for the most reasonable source for an original harness...)
> I'd assume that the middle grade harness is pretty much the same as far as the
> engineering goes, but probably without the colored ticking.
> I don't know if the PVC wrap is more durable or not, ---I would just hope that
> it doesn't look like a home-made repair job, once it is in place..
> I'd think the supplier would be able to provide you with more detail,
> pros/cons by e-mail if you inquired.
> David W. Jones
> '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
> Cumberland, RI USA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: HealeyBN7@aol.com
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 11:54 AM
> Subject: Wiring Harness Advise Needed
> 
> 
> I am getting ready to order a new wiring harness.  Looking on the  British
> Wiring web site I see 3 main harness choices for the MK1 BN7:   Concours
> Spec,
> Non-Concours Braided, and PVC tape wrap.  I have sent in for  a quote on all
> 3.
>  Other than price - what is the basic difference between  the concours and
> non-concours spec harness?  I assume the PVC tape wrap  harness is the least
> expensive, and probably the most durable.  My  restoration is not intended
> to be
> concours, but it is going to be pretty  'correct', so I am looking at all
> choices right now.  Thanks for any  opinions/advice.
> 
> Dave
> 61 BN7




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