I had done a lot of searching for a replacement hose for my restoration and some original examples but they are far and few between. As I looked through catalogs I was always seeing the V8 hoses with an ink stamp. Using the MPC I guess I was just trying to recreate what the replacement hose would have looked like. I don't have any examples to back it up, but intent was not to mislead anyone either.
For the exhaust I was trying to recreate how the painted engine would have looked and I believe the blue overspray is correct. The clip was the hardest thing to find It took me about 1 year and half to locate one. it was in great shape with the phosphate finish still intact. Here's another pic of the clip. Don't want to heist Sparky65's thread so will post more pics under a new topic.
Dave
Here's some documentation on the clips, p/n 380726-S100, as found in the "Ford Standard and Utility Parts Catalog, July 1966" on page 32, plus a picture I took of some I've cleaned up. As the clips are most likely spring steel, I would believe the "-S100" refers to a hardening process documented on the engineering drawing, and the finish would be a more flat dark grey vs a shiny black.
Jim
Taking a closer look, the drawing shows a bend outward on the RH side and my samples have a bend inward. The drawing also appears to have a tab before the outward bend. Also the tab on the LH side is bent inward at a 90 deg angle and the samples are straight. This may be a case of two different designs for the same part and they may be interchangable.
