Home of Vintage Connections^™ Professional Connection Kits

- Quality Wiring Products for Antique and Near-Antique 2- and 4-Wheeled Japanese Vehicles -
- Specializing in the 1960's to the Early 1980's -

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Crucial Note: Our slowest sales season always runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. It's a time when most of our customers are riding, not repairing. The summer sales doldrums, combined with the rotten economy, have made it necessary to seek a full-time summer day job to pay the bills. This makes it difficult to answer email inquiries immediately, as our highest priority remains that of providing our buying customers with same-day shipping of their orders that come in by 4 p.m.
Please be patient while awaiting a reply to an emailed inquiry.

-- OEM-Style Non-Latching Connector Shell Pairs --

These shell pairs match 1:1 with the dimensions of the original non-latching shells that were used on virtually all makes and models of Japanese four-wheeled vehicles from the late 1960's through the 1970's. Also used in some motorcycle makes/models. Commonly found in the under-dash wiring of early Datsuns, such as the 510, 240Z, 260Z, 280Z, and possibly other makes/models as well. Be sure to compare this photo with your actual connector shells, before ordering.

Molded of beige-colored nylon to match the color originally used by the factory. Your original 35-year-old factory shells may be lighter or darker in color, due to aging.

For pricing, look for the entries described in Section 4 of our main order page. To get to the order page, click on the Place an Order link in the Navigation Bar to the left.

-- Silver-Gray Reproduction Electrical Tape Now $6.50 a Roll --

-- Economy Wire Stripper --

You've asked us to offer a lower priced wire stripper and we have responded. This is a well made, high quality wire stripper, but at a lower price than we have to charge for our Ideal Tools Model 45-120 wire stripper. This tool has a very narrow working end to allow its use in tight quarters. It also has a plier tip, in addition to the stripping function. It's price is half what we list our other wire stripper for.

For pricing, look for the STL2 listing under the hand tool entries described in Section 11 of our main order page. To get to the order page, click on the Place an Order link in the Navigation Bar to the left.

-- Supplemental Die-Sets for Our RTL Crimping Tool --

You can now change the standard open-barrel modular die-set for our RTL tool, to allow you to crimp brazed and butted barrel terminals, standard insulated (red, blue, yellow) terminals, and miniature insulated (red, blue, yellow) terminals.

For more details on our optional die sets, click on Die Sets in the Navigation Bar to the left. To order die sets, click on Place an Order in the Navigation Bar at the left. Then, scroll down to the Tools section to order part numbers DSB through DSD. Or, you can order all three sets at a discount as part number DSE.

-- Terminals & Insulators (Bullet/Socket, M/F Spades, Eyelets, Nylon Block Connectors) --

Our professional-quality connector repair kits are based on OEM-style components for the various styles of connectors that have been used on Japanese cars, motorcycles, and stereo equipment, beginning in the 1960's.

We offer brass eyelet terminals in three different internal diameters, as is shown in the photo. The 4.5mm I.D. eyelets are suitable for 4mm screw connections, such as ground leads. The 5.5 mm I.D. eyelets are perfect for 5mm threads, such as most coil primary leads. And, the 6.5mm I.D. eyelets are suitable for 6mm threads (10mm hex-head bolts) as are found on motorcycle battery connections. For more details on pricing and quantities of individual terminals, click on Place an Order in the Navigation Bar to the left.

We also offer male/female spade terminals in two different widths: 2.8mm and 6.3mm. The 6.3mm terminals are shown in the illustration at the left. These are the locking brass inserts that are used in molded plastic block connectors.

The smaller 2.8mm male and female spade terminals are very similar in appearance and proportions. They fit into the miniaturized multi-pin connectors that are used on modern Japanese bikes. We offer our CK-5 connector kit for repairing these connectors. For more information and a digital photograph of this kit, scroll down to our Connector Kits section.

We sell packets of terminals/insulators as replacements for expended kit contents or for use with your own open-barrel crimping tool or Hero Electronics Connector Kit. For more details on pricing and quantities of individual terminals/insulators, click on Place an Order in the Navigation Bar to the left.

-- Our Ergonomic Ratcheting Crimp Tool Makes Professional Crimping a Breeze! --
Still only $35.00!

We offer an industrial quality ergonomic hand tool that is phenomenal, yet it's reasonably priced. It crimps both the conductor and strain relief (attachment to the insulation) simultaneously.

To order our RTL crimping tool, click on Place an Order in the Navigation Bar to the left and scroll down to the Tools section.

IMPORTANT: NEVER use your RTL crimping tool on a live circuit, especially in the presence of liquid gasoline or gasoline vapors! Fire, personal injury, and electrical-component damage can occur!

-- Supplemental Die-Sets --

By simply changing the die-set with a Phillips screwdriver, you now can crimp Closed-Barrel (brazed or butted-seam barrel) terminals, Standard insulated red/blue/yellow terminals, and Miniature insulated red/blue/yellow terminals.

For more details about the die sets click on Die Sets in the Navigation Bar to the left. To order one or more die-sets, click on Place an Order in the Navigation Bar to the left.

-- Vintage Connections™ Professional Connection Kits --

We offer professional-quality connection kits that include a selection of connectors and terminals in a compartmented storage case.

For more details regarding our several types and sizes of connection kits, click on Connection Kits in the Navigation Bar to the left.

-- Metric Harness Sleeving & Tape --

We offer nominal 6mm (not shown), 7mm, 11mm, and 14mm internal diameters of OEM-style soft high-gloss black PVC harness sleeving.

For more details, click on Sleeving in the Navigation Bar to the left..

We offer nominal 4mm (not shown), 6mm, 8mm, and 12mm internal diameters of soft shiny silver-gray harness sleeving that is a precise reproduction of the type that was used on the early Japanese imports into the U.S.

For more details, click on Sleeving in the Navigation Bar to the left.

Our OEM-Quality electrical tape is a 25-meter roll of 19mm-wide, stretchy, silver-gray PVC tape that is a precise match for the silver-gray sleeving we sell, and the original factory electrical tape used on Japanese bikes of the Sixties and early Seventies.

For more details, click on Sleeving in the Navigation Bar to the left.

An Important Note About Storefront and Telephone Purchasing

Vintage Connections is strictly an Internet-based mom & pop business. Our low web site overhead and factory-direct volume purchasing are what allow us to beat the prices of our competitors. We don't accept orders by telephone, we don't have a walk-in store, and we don't accept will-call orders from local customers. If you wish to do business with us, you either have to click on the following link to use the PayPal shopping cart system or print out the entire shopping cart page and fill it in by hand, before submitting your order and payment by snail-mail.

We realize that there are those customers who will find these limitations frustrating, or even completely unacceptable. For that we apologize.

How to Order

Placing Domestic Online Orders

U.S. purchasers can click on the following hyperlink to use our shopping cart system. This system allows you to make instant credit card purchases on this web site. Your shipping fees and any applicable California state sales tax will be calculated automatically by the shopping cart system. Any shipping fees that are charged that are $1.00 or more in excess of our actual shipping costs will be refunded through PayPal, at the time we ship your order. You will be notified by email of the shipping date and confirmation number (if any) of your order, provided that you give us an accurate email address.

Placing Domestic Postal Orders

We accept the following forms of payment by mail (please make them payable to Del Gundlach):

- Money orders

- Bank drafts from well-known banks

- Personal checks (shipments for new customers might be delayed while the check clears our bank)

- No cash payments by mail, please! We cannot, and will not, be held responsible for cash payments that are either stolen by postal employees or are lost in the mail.

If you prefer to order by mail, click here for a printer-friendly mail order form. Once you fill out the form by hand, mail it with your payment by money order or personal check to the address that is provided on the ordering page.

Placing Foreign Online Orders

Foreign purchasers should click on the following hyperlink to use our shopping cart system. The system will calculate the international shipping charges automatically, after you enter an international address. If the fees you pay are $1 USD or greater than our actual shipping costs, we will refund the difference to you through PayPal. We will ship your order promptly, generally within one business day of our receipt of a payment.

Please note that we do NOT charge "handling" fees or extra fees for completing international postal forms and customs forms. All you pay for is the actual shipping cost of your order.

Please bear in mind that international shipping is very expensive. The fee we charge is our actual wholesale cost for packaging materials and the actual postage by USPS International First Class mail or International Priority Mail service. We have zero pull with the USPS... if you think what they charge to ship a package to you is too high, then don't order.

Placing Foreign Postal Orders

International mail orders are welcomed, with payment accepted by international money orders, postal money orders in USD, or bank drafts in USD. Please DO NOT send cash. We CANNOT and WILL NOT be held responsible for cash payments lost in the mail on their way to us from overseas! There are crooks in every postal system worldwide who are very skilled at detecting mail containing cash.

Shipment to certain countries will only be made at the customer's added expense by insured USPS International Priority Mail or Global Express mail, due to past problems with theft of shipments by criminals working in the postal system of that country. At present, this policy applies to Spain, Italy, Portugal, and most Central American and South American countries. We reserve the right to change this shipping policy at any time, with no advance notice.

If you prefer to order by mail, click here for a printer-friendly mail order form. You can email us by clicking on the e-mailbox graphic below to get the cost of shipping for a foreign postal order, once you know what you wish to order. After you fill out the form by hand, mail it with your payment by international postal money order in USD (made payable to Del Gundlach) to the address that is provided on the ordering page.

Click on our e-mailbox to email us!

Need More Info?

If you have questions remaining, after reviewing this page of information, feel free to click on our e-mailbox graphic above and send us your inquiry.

CRUCIAL NOTE: If you email us for information, you need to add vintageconnections.com to your list of accepted incoming email sources.

Links to Other Useful Repair and Restoration Resources for Vintage Japanese Vehicles

TWO WHEELS:

- High quality OEM-style oval-head screw kits for Japanese restorations: Rimfire Engineering

- Great resource for a huge variety of colors, stripes, and gauges of high-quality electrical wire: Rhode Island Wiring Service

- Great source of OEM and reproduction parts for small displacement Hondas: RE-MX

- Great reference for photos and details of over 40 years of Honda motorcycles: Honda Gallery

- The best online discussion group for restoring Kawasaki triple-cylinder motorcycles: Kawasaki Triples Worldwide Forum

- Superb online discussion group for restoring classic Yamaha enduro motorcycles: Yamaha Enduro

- A great source for reasonably priced NOS and high quality reproduction vintage-Honda parts: Retrobikes

- The definitive organization for restorers of old Japanese motorcycles: Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club

- Great site for enthusiasts, owners, and restorers of Honda CT70, CT90, S90, & Z50: CT Trail Bikes

FOUR WHEELS:

- Discussion forum for Toyota Celica enthusiasts, owners, and restorers: 1st Generation Celica

- Definitive resource for Toyota Land Cruiser enthusiasts, owners, and restorers: Toyota Land Cruiser Forum

- Absolute must-have resource for information on maintaining, repairing, and restoring air-cooled VW buses: Richard Atwell

- Superb resource for Datsun 510 enthusiasts, owners, and restorers: Datsun510.com

- Superb resource for a huge variety of colors, stripes, and gauges of high-quality automotive electrical wire: Rhode Island Wiring Service

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