Cahokia Joe??? Thought I'd lived in old Illini long enough that I knew them all! I’m gonna suggest we call that “least expensive” instead of cheaper, cuz it sure taint the cheaper of the two, quality wise.
Your right Gomer, it is one of those trivial little details, unless your a perfectionist. It’s a disease you know, that perfectionism. But when it’s all done and all those little details are attended to, it show do look nice don’t it! I do not have any aspirations of entering my truck for VCCA judging, it’s just that any work that I do I want it to be undetectable a few years down the road, other than it is still working properly and looks original to the truck.
Speaking of cooling system and originality, one of the vendors listed the lower hose as original with the GM logo printed on it, now that’s trivial. I can remember seeing hoses with GM stamped on them when I was a Chevy parts man half a century ago. Most of the suppliers stamped their hoses with their trade mark, such as Gates, etc. I don’t remember which catalog I saw it in, I hope it wasn’t my imagination playing tricks on me again.
Also, does anyone remember seeing a coiled wire support in the hose and on what vehicles used them???
Glad to here ya dint get ripped off on the hub cap p.j. I sure wish someone would get on the stick and start re-production of the 3/4 ton caps again.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
