Re: Original Factory Shaker Cables ???
[Re: mccannix]
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04/10/11 09:34 AM
04/10/11 09:34 AM
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mccannix
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If all this seems helpful, you may not be out of the woods just yet. Todays' repops are all completely manufactured as shown in the comparisons above. The company that first started reproducing shaker cables over 20 years ago, used to buy used vent cable ends from 70 E and 68-70 B-bodies of which some have the same characteristics in the body as original long shaker cable. They would then fabricate the cable sheath, and cable and attach both. When that supply dried up they used to buy 80's K-car vent cable ends which have a slotted mounting opening instead of the two round holes. I remember a case of someone trying to pass one of those off once as an NOS original, and succeeding on E-bay for an outrageous price. So, although not likely, what you may have is an early vent cable reproduction shaker cable. The only way to check that, if you have the jam..., is to peel back the decal a bit. This is what the rear of an original "CARB AIR" decal looks like, goldish tint appearance from the glue used to glue it on. No repop decal appears like that underneath...yet.
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