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Title: dressing plug wires on a 390-pictures, anyone??
Post by: texasmark1 on 2012-12-07 13:58
Looking for ideas on dressing the plug wires on my son's 390; anybody got any pics to share on the subject?

thanks, Mark
Title: Re: dressing plug wires on a 390-pictures, anyone??
Post by: Ford Blue blood on 2012-12-09 23:38
Mark give us an idea of valve covers, intake etc to help you out.  Mine are stock and behave very well, look clean as well.
Title: Re: dressing plug wires on a 390-pictures, anyone??
Post by: texasmark1 on 2012-12-11 14:59
stock, stock, stock...
1963 Mercury Monterey Breezeway 2 door.
running stock intake, stock valve covers and stock location dist...

My car is a 57 Fairlane with a 272, with the usual out of sight plug wires... really clean looking engine.  We're trying to make the plug wires on son's car as neat as possible w/out spending the budget on billet wire loom contraptions...
Title: Re: dressing plug wires on a 390-pictures, anyone??
Post by: Ford Blue blood on 2012-12-11 16:09
Check the "helper" rack at the Zone (my NAPA did away with theirs) for the Ford ignition wire "holders" (for lack of a better word), the kit has two clips that slide down over the tab on the valve cover, two 4 wire plain holders and two three wire holders.  The holders have no tab thing on them.
Title: Re: dressing plug wires on a 390-pictures, anyone??
Post by: gasman826 on 2012-12-12 08:34
Not meaning to sound like I'm blowing you off but...I've seen homemade looms made from vacuum tubing and zip ties.  Sounds odd but take a look.  Use your search engine (Google, Yahoo, etc) and search on 'zip ties spark plug looms'.  Far too many examples of custom, homemade looms and wire configurations.