Kevin Lynch
PCS Member
Need to put original looking radiator hoses on my '35 Chevy truck (with the '47 engine). I asked the lady I usually get my parts from (Obsolete Chevy Parts, Nashville, GA) what I needed and sent her pictures of the current flex hoses.
Here's the reply: Is she saying these hoses were metal originally?
This is the first time I ever heard of "Chev's of the 40's"
I had our tech guy Mike working on it. It shouldn't have curved hoses, instead it had a metal curved pipe at the lower hose and straight hoses connecting to it. Chev's of the Forties has the lower hose metal elbow / pipe, # 378248 and they have a picture on their website. Mike said you should be able to have it made locally (pipe bender) and also could get straight hoses locally in the diameter and length you need. He also said you have the wrong clamps, you need the "wire type" which we offer. Upper hose clamp is # ME197 $2.50 each and lower hose clamp is # ME1981 $2.50 each.
I tried to find a picture on the old shop manuals and parts books, but none had that type of detail.
Hope this helps,
Teresa
********any suggestions are appreciated.*****Kevin*****
Here's the reply: Is she saying these hoses were metal originally?
This is the first time I ever heard of "Chev's of the 40's"
I had our tech guy Mike working on it. It shouldn't have curved hoses, instead it had a metal curved pipe at the lower hose and straight hoses connecting to it. Chev's of the Forties has the lower hose metal elbow / pipe, # 378248 and they have a picture on their website. Mike said you should be able to have it made locally (pipe bender) and also could get straight hoses locally in the diameter and length you need. He also said you have the wrong clamps, you need the "wire type" which we offer. Upper hose clamp is # ME197 $2.50 each and lower hose clamp is # ME1981 $2.50 each.
I tried to find a picture on the old shop manuals and parts books, but none had that type of detail.
Hope this helps,
Teresa
********any suggestions are appreciated.*****Kevin*****