Re: When/where did worm-type hose clamps first appear?

Posted by BH On 2012/3/10 23:03:47

To be honest, it took a little Googling and some help from Wikipedia to discover the "Jubilee clip".

To clarify, it is the type of screw-adjusting clamp shown in the attachment of my previous post that could/should be considered authentic for show - not the worm-gear type.

At best, the worm-gear type clamp could only be considered "period correct" - provided you can show an ad from the period illustrating such a clamp. Personally, I don't think this clamp came into widespread automotive use, here in the US, until after WWII.

Yet, as long as it's your name on the vehicle title, you can use any type clamp you want.