Re: Hose Clamps

Posted by BH On 2008/10/22 8:38:08

Look more closely and you'll see that the screw-type clamp is incorrect. It is actually a double-wire clamp, not the authentic strap design.

The correct style of clamp for the water pump manifold inlet came up in a thread some years ago at the AACA Packard DF. It also got the attention of at least one longstanding AACA member, as it challenged a decades-old judging standard that cars made during a certain period, including our beloved 1951-54 and 1955-56 Packards, use their specified clamp that is nothing like what is shown in the factory references.

I still have pix of the correct style clamp that I posted then, and will post them here, this evening.