Restoring a 65 Barracuda

pbiggs said
POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE

My 66 parts cars had an original, beautifully preserved positive battery cable with part number 2661913 clearly stamped on it. Problem was, M&H had no record or spec sheet for that number, the part number is not found in any parts book and an Internet search produced no results. (part number 2587819 is listed in my 1966 parts book for a positive cable)

In the end, I sent my 2661913 cable to M&H, they reproduced it and we worked out a deal where I gave them the cable to keep for future reference. So if you happen to want a nicely reproduced positive battery cable for your 64-66 A body, call Robert Wallace at M&H (562-926-9552) and request cable 2661913 using print 35225 (their in house spec sheet number). Itll cost about $100.00 plus shipping and you buy it directly from M&H. YearOne is M&Hs exclusive distributor for wiring kits, but not battery cables.

I'd like to add a little bit of information to this post. I called M&H this afternoon and spoke with Robert for nearly an hour discussing the original battery cable that was on a 65 Dart GT I parted out. A bit of background on the car - it was a Jul 23, 65 build - really late in the model year. It was a 273/235 4 speed, 8.75, no PS or PB but factory AC car and it had the original positive battery cable 2587819. That number is listed in my 65 Parts Manual with the page dated Mar 66. The part number is asterisked indicating it was a change. M&H does have the original print # for this cable; however, it has not been set up on their equipment. Robert compared it dimensionally to the 2661913 cable that Pat sent them. It seems that it is identically the same with the exception of the amount of protective sheathing going towards the starter - a couple of inches shorter at best. He tells me that they can reproduce the 7819 cable but might take a while for set-up, since they want it to be as accurate as possible. We discussed using the 2661913 for my 65GT application so that's what I ordered as well as the correct 28 inch long negative ground. He also mentioned that the print # for the 2661913 cable is supposed to be 43083 and not 35225. Hope this will help in some small way.