Well Paid Killer wrote:
I posted this on the RPF as well to broaden the replay as to what everyone thought. These are a pair of old stock Studebaker supercharger hose clamps. What do you guys think?? Close at all??
A while back, I managed to find some clamps which I believe are the type that were originally used, but so far I have been unable to get them in the correct diameters.
They match perfectly with the hi-res images that I have analyzed and produce the same "trick of the light" effects which appear in other photos.
These clamps are stainless steel and marked with a number "561-DSS13". They were reportedly used on aircraft exhausts. I was told by the seller that they were from a Cessna, but on asking around in Cessna user groups, this doesn't appear to be the case.
There are some good alternatives made for Harley Davidson exhausts. They don't have the same embossed pattern on the tabs as the aircraft ones, but otherwise they looks pretty good.
Steve