RE: Spica Intake Hoses

["kramsamat" <kramsamat@domain.elided>]

I replaced said hoses on my car some years back.  I believe they are still
available from the usual sources.  What I found was bulk coolant hose in
the proper diameter at a local parts store.  It works just fine.

Mark Tamas
79 116GT
Eugene, OR


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:01:23 EST
> From: TJCallahan@domain.elided
> Subject: Alfetta/Spica Intakes
> 
> Ted is looking for an intake manifold for his Alfetta sedan and there's
one apparently hiding under some blackberry bushes here in the greater
Seattle area. (Many things hide under blackberry bushes around here -
anything that stands still for more than a few minutes is likely to end up
covered by them.)
> 
> I was wondering, and Ted may be wondering, too, where one can find new
rubber hoses (not certain this is the correct term) for connecting the
manifold to the airbox? This would be a for a 2L Spica equipped USA car (is
that redundant?) of 1977 vintage.
> 
> A local inquery here indicated that several of the usual suppliers have
ones that might work (off the Bosch manifold, maybe?) but not the exact
diameter for my '77 Alfetta. The ones for the ALfetta, so the response
went, are NLA.
> 
> Are they NLA? Can I still get original ones (or repros)?
> 
> I have not yet searched the usual list of suppliers for these parts,
having been put off by the response I got locally.
> 
> Any wisdom from the collective digest as to whether they're still
available and where to source them? I'd like a set that's specifically for
the Alfetta rather than adapting them from some other application. As the
head gasket is getting renewed right now, this would be a good time to
replace the aging cracked originals.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Tom
> Seattle (where blackberry bushes grow in the winter, too)
> 10123
> 11615

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