Do you have a bench vise? You could possibly squash that wire with it, or maybe even flatten it with a small hammer? Alternately you could drill a small chunk of styrene stock to accept the wire and mount it to the trunk lid.
Bic lighters and evergreen rod.? I’m building an exhaust system and the Bic lighters I have don’t have a strong enough flame to be used at any angle other than vertical. I had to light round toothpicks to get a little heat (that worked pretty good?) for localized adjustments in place. AND the Evergreen rod I’m using isn’t always “solid”….it has some voids in the center.?
Thanks. I just found it from googling the cast. Serpico must have been 1973. I thought a lot of the cars were newer than ‘73.
Edit: Duh…the funny car is newer than that.