Corbin Clamps

[dale pearman]

This is a bonefied emergency! I desparately need some 1/2 inch Corbin Clamps. I've tried all the Corvette "authentic, nuts-on" reproduction joints and nobody gives a damn. I can get 3/8 , 3/4 clamps as part of hose kits but nobody will tell me where to go for 1/2 inch sizes. Is Mr. Corbin & company still around? Who would be likely to have these beasts? Any assistance will be most intensly appreciated. By the way, these clamps have to fit 1/2 inch neoprene hose so I guess they're called 1/2 inch Corbin Clamps.

Dale Pearman (Varooom)

[G B.]

I'll check my trash barrel

A corbin clamp will leak. Why would you use such a worthless relic of the past?

I use modern screw clamps from the A&P. Just tighten them until they fail and then back off a half turn.

[dale pearman]

Re: I'll check my trash barrel

Screw screw clamps! I "AM" a worthless relic of the past! Why else would I be restoring such a relic as the 1962 Corvette LeMans race car? I don't give a *#%@ if Corbin Clamps do leak, that's the way GM built the car. These will be used on a PCV hose. If you got any, overnight em to me and send a bill later. Thanks,

Varooom.

[Gary Schisler]

Jerry, are you a little tongue-in-cheek here?

I hope there is a little smirk on your face, Jerry?

[Joe Fisher]

Re: Corbin Clamps

Dale, Why don't you try to call Year One. They deal in GM cars of that era and have a lot of odd things. I hope this helps. Joe

[George Daina]

I bet yow mama washed your mouth w/soap....

when you were a wee laddie, laddie. Now you're gettin' even, ain't ya? Hey, got a couple of suggestions, The Last Detail, Paragon is good with the odd ball stuff, then of course, Da good Doctor Rebuild, if not I'll call around here and ask my resto buddies if they have any.

[David K.]

Re: I bet yow mama washed your mouth w/soap....

Dale, Also check a appliance repair store, they are also used on washing machine hoses where they attach to water pump.

[dale pearman]

Re: I bet yow mama washed your mouth w/soap....

Thanks for the help Dave, Joe and all you folks who e-mailed me. I'm off to Maytag! By the way my momma washed my mouth with a rather pedestrian acidy over- mature Chateau Chevry Chambertain 1947. I'll never forgive her. (and it stained my bib-overalls too!)

[David K.]

Re: I bet yow mama washed your mouth w/soap....

Dale,since I too am a '62 addict ,I prefer to look under the bonnet of a '62 Whirlpool so I have a better chance to get the dates to match.

[motorman]

Re: Corbin Clamps

i lost a corbin clamp while working on a engine in the car. it flew somewhere and i could not find it. i found it when i started the engine. it flew into the carb and found its way into the cly when i started the engine. made lots of noise and did lots of damage. after that i always took time to find what ever i lost under the hood.

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