Girling Booster Vacuum Hose

[Pete S.]

Good morning all,

Has anyone seen this hose, supplied by Stage 1 Motorsport in person?

https://stage1.org.uk/product/1963-65-a-frame-lotus-cortina-girling-yellow-line-servo-vacume-hose/

I'm wondering how close it is to original.

Thx.

 

[65sunbeam]

Probably as close as you can find now. Good to see it is available. The same company sells this
https://stage1.org.uk/product-category/product-category/mini-cooper/mk-1/
half the cost and 14 inches long so will fit-I think!
Bring one to SUNI so we can see up close!

 

[Pete S.]

Hello Eric, good to hear from you. I still have my original petrified hose someplace, but a note I have says it is 28 1/2" long.

Maybe someone with a better preserved original piece can jump and enlighten us on how long it is.

 

[alpine_64]

The one on the escort site is a smooth hose without the texture of a sunbeam one.

The sunbeam ones were used on lotus cortina , mini coopers and... Series I xke.. But on the xke its a very short hose.

Ive seen concourse xke suplliers do an accurate repro... But my efforts to get them to sell a long peice or divulge supllier came to Zero....

 

[Pete S.]

The one on the escort site is a smooth hose without the texture of a sunbeam one.

The sunbeam ones were used on lotus cortina , mini coopers and... Series I xke.. But on the xke its a very short hose.

Ive seen concourse xke suplliers do an accurate repro... But my efforts to get them to sell a long peice or divulge supllier came to Zero....

LOL! I am not surprised. If I decide to take the plunge on this hose I'll post a full field report on it.

 

[Pete S.]

Eric, I sent you a PM on an unrelated question.

 

[Limey]

I have one of those smooth repro ones. Apart from the texture it is spot on.

 

[Pete S.]

Excellent. I live in the S.E. How long did it take for overseas delivery for you?

 

[Limey]

I'm in Bucks, UK. Took 5 days...To the US maybe 2 weeks?

 

[Pete S.]

Yeah, probably. Most of mail coming from the UK goes through JFK. There it will have to wait to be inspected by HSI, CBP, etc.

Thank you for responding.

 

[Pete S.]

I received my hose today. Very nice. Not exactly like the original, but far better than anything else out there. I'm pleased.