Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

[Tom R.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

Those are originals I got from Sal.

Whoaaa...four originals. Looks like the camera focused on the rust rather than the outside and the color. Does the photo truly representative of the color or is it distorting it?

[Mark D.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

Not such a great shot but more indicative of the true color.

[Martin N.]

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MARK-
Nice shot, way better than the one I posted (need to get a better camera than the $29.95 one I have). I also can see the original stamping from the manufacture in your picture. That's what I like about restoring original pieces if possible. I like all those little details even if they're not judged. I doubt that the repro's have any markings on them, anyone know for sure?

Marty

[Grant W.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

Ok Donnally...now that you've piqued our curiosity...are those original are have mastered the art of restoration?

Hi Tom
Those goofy judges can spot a filed hose clamps. I not that goofy but was an OJ judge and I did have my specks on and did pointed out the filed end on a car getting top flighted. Only lost a point but he still did get top flighted. Originals have a die cut ends, it has that sort of flared end at the very edge. Very hard to repop that. So I guess that is why the judges carry magnifying tools too.
Thanks, Grant

[Patrick H.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

Here are real ones, untouched and still in place on a friend's 72:



So, does anyone know why such funny cracks in the larger fuel hose?



Patrick

[Gary S.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

Here are real ones, untouched and still in place on a friend's 72:



So, does anyone know why such funny cracks in the larger fuel hose?



Patrick

Hey, Doc. Are you doing your Jay Leno mimic? Because the fuel lines are rotten?

[Tom R.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

MARK-
Nice shot, way better than the one I posted (need to get a better camera than the $29.95 one I have). I also can see the original stamping from the manufacture in your picture. That's what I like about restoring original pieces if possible. I like all those little details even if they're not judged. I doubt that the repro's have any markings on them, anyone know for sure?

Marty

Marty...megapixels are to cameras as horsepower is to Corvette performance. You can do great things and see much detail with the new megapixel heavy camera.

[Patrick H.]

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Hey, Doc. Are you doing your Jay Leno mimic? Because the fuel lines are rotten?

Nope.
Note that larger line has some unusual "cracks" on it.
Anyone ever seen those before, or know why they look as they do?

There's a reason, and I'll say what it is if no one guesses it.

Patrick

[Terry M.]

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Is that the pre-molded hose? Or maybe it isn't and it should be.

Hell I don't know why it si, but I would deduct for it (condition). I would see it as a safety issue.

[Patrick H.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

Is that the pre-molded hose? Or maybe it isn't and it should be.

Hell I don't know why it is, but I would deduct for it (condition). I would see it as a safety issue.

Original hose, pre-molded but there's a twist to it (if anyone can "get" it)
This car is close to a Bowtie car, if not there. I have to clean it up more to tell. It has some VERY interesting features such as this hose.

[Wayne M.]

You guys want close-ups ?

...megapixels are to cameras as horsepower is to Corvette performance. You can do great things and see much detail with (a) megapixel heavy camera.

Sharp-edged clips I've collected -- can't vouch for their being period-correct for C2's, but they're not repop.

Notice the 'run' in the green coating on the blow-up shot.

[Joe L.]

Re: You guys want close-ups ?

Sharp-edged clips I've collected -- can't vouch for their being period-correct for C2's, but they're not repop.

Notice the 'run' in the green coating on the blow-up shot.

Wayne-----


Yes, I believe they were "basketed" in the dye used to color them. So, when the baskets were extracted from the dye tanks, drips would form. Note that the phosphate primary finish is seen in areas where the dye has chipped or worn away.

[Cecil L.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

The original clamps on my early 66 L-72 are closer to yellow zinc chromate than green. Anybody else seen that?

[Terry M.]

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There are some clamps that are yellow -- colors denote the size of clamp. I have seen red and black ones as well. The red ones are fairly small.

[Tom R.]

Re: Green Finish/Color on Fuel Pump Hose Clamps

The original clamps on my early 66 L-72 are closer to yellow zinc chromate than green. Anybody else seen that?

As Terry notes, the variety and color coding of spring clamps increases as we move up in the C3 years. By 82 we see silver, yellow, red, black and of course green as has been noted here. For example, by mid 70's we see yellow used for the vacuum line to the headlamp actuator. By 78, yellow is also used for the cruise control actuator. Reds are used for emission hoses from canister to tank while black is seen on overflow tank to radiator hose.