Re: FI Air Cleaner Straps
The plot thickens.
Attached is a picture of an original clamp that Dan Holstein sent. Dan I would appreciate your posting a description of the other two clamps in your pic....what is their origin...and, the lines which are apparent in your pic...do they shape the strap or are they just marks in the finish.. Here is why I'm asking.
John DeGregory said there is only ONE repro. This is likely not correct. The ones I bought from Paragon, which I've described above, do not have the stamping on them. But if you go to the LIC web they show clear pics of their repro. It is stamped and the brackets are shaped like the ones on my "originals". I'm going to buy a set; I have to know if they are better.
Of course this brings into question my assumption that what I had are originals. It is possible that they are LIC repros whcih got rusted and replated.....possible but not likely.
Another interesting aside: the pic I posted above of an installed clamp shows the tag end bent under. The post I got it from says this is correct. Dan's pic is the same. But the LIC web also shows and installed pic which has the tag ends on the outside. I sure hope that is not correct.
The plot thickens.
Attached is a picture of an original clamp that Dan Holstein sent. Dan I would appreciate your posting a description of the other two clamps in your pic....what is their origin...and, the lines which are apparent in your pic...do they shape the strap or are they just marks in the finish.. Here is why I'm asking.
John DeGregory said there is only ONE repro. This is likely not correct. The ones I bought from Paragon, which I've described above, do not have the stamping on them. But if you go to the LIC web they show clear pics of their repro. It is stamped and the brackets are shaped like the ones on my "originals". I'm going to buy a set; I have to know if they are better.
Of course this brings into question my assumption that what I had are originals. It is possible that they are LIC repros whcih got rusted and replated.....possible but not likely.
Another interesting aside: the pic I posted above of an installed clamp shows the tag end bent under. The post I got it from says this is correct. Dan's pic is the same. But the LIC web also shows and installed pic which has the tag ends on the outside. I sure hope that is not correct.
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