The upper hose on my '47 had been done like Jerry suggested. Worked great. I wasn't even aware of it till I one time decided to replace the hose.
Don't recall for sure what I did, as it's been several years ago. I think I just replaced it with a flex hose.


Rich
1947 Loadmaster
1947 Chev. Loadmaster
1959 Chev. Viking 40

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