You house coax has a solid core wire because it's cheaper and is not subject to vibration which will cause fatigue leading to breakage. The standed coax gets soldered to the connector. The center, core is the signal conductor covered by a dilectric then a braided shield and finally a protective jacket.
I would do as Kev suggested and tape the new antennas wire to the old ones broken end and pull it through at the radio end. This was you can connect the new wire into the radio.
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1997 Silverton 362, 7.4 Crusaders
1997 2400 SCR, 5.7 Vortec / Bravo 2
Mike
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