..."Dad"..."What's a capri?"...:icon12:I remember the strips even fitted one on my capri to try and stop static electric shocks when leaving the car didnt work tho the seats were vinyl and when that rubbed on your wooly jumper it charged you up.
The for runner to this was a small chain hanging down from the axle (bath chain type) look for it on old films lol.
To the OP
would imagine all sensitive cables are now screened pugeot certainly are as had to repair a section on wifes 206cc a few years ago cabling looked similar to sy cable