Vacuum hose question...

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

Wurth is one of the best sources I know of for the OEM-style hoses.
http://www.wurthusa.com/project/en/leftnavi/catalog/product.php?path=07.0161
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I always keep a stock of those cool, slim Norma-type hose clamps which they
(and Winzer) sell, too.
http://www.wurthusa.com/project/en/leftnavi/catalog/product.php?path=07.0178
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yeah, baby!

I don't like the fat American clamps much.  Or the fat Americans, either.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>Behalf Of John C. Worden
>Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 6:39 PM
>To: scirocco-L; vwc@vintagewatercooleds.com
>Subject: Vacuum hose question...
>
>
>Somebody has been selling this stuff on Ebay for a while, and I keep
>thinking I should
>check to see if anyone knows what size our cars take so I can pick some
>up.  This is
>more for the older cars, especially MkI's that used the short lengths of
>cloth covered
>rubber line at the ends of all the vacuum lines.  Anyone know the
>inside or
>outside
>diameter of this stuff?  If not, how about the diameter of those plastic
>vacuum lines?
>And before someone suggests a better thing to use, this is for the '78
>restoration, by
>which, I mean a true restoration-as the car would have come off the
>assembly line.
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
>