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Offline Black340

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Spark Plug Wires Color
« on: January 02, 2008 - 12:59:26 PM »
What is the factory color for spark plug wires for a 73 340 engine :clueless:




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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2008 - 01:01:23 PM »
I am pretty positive that they were black with orange boots.  Other colors were not usually put on factory cars.
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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2008 - 01:14:09 PM »
it could also be orange , I can`t remember exacty which  year they started with Orange

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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2008 - 01:24:12 PM »
It might have been 73 that orange came out but not positive and I think it was also according to the factory that made them and which wires they had on the shelves when they built them.
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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2008 - 01:25:43 PM »
I had a '73 Dart Sport 340 back in the day, and it came with orange wires.    :2thumbs:
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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2008 - 01:56:14 PM »
I'm sure they were orange in 73. I put orange mopar ones on my 71 Challenger with electronic ignition but I know they are wrong and I will be switching them to black before spring.


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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2008 - 05:20:49 PM »
Thank you guys really appreciate the answers :2thumbs:

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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2008 - 07:11:47 PM »
FYI Last year I got the MP small block orange wires through Summit & found them to be ill fitting. Some wires were more than long enough while a few were way too short, Summit allowed credit for a set of black MSD's which are mostly too long.  I notice that they have an orange trim to fit set now. 
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Re: Spark Plug Wires Color
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2008 - 08:29:08 PM »
thank you Bullitt :2thumbs: