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[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Negative....never had a hose or clamp failure on my Pantera in 20 years but have always used after market Green Strip hoses and double clamped....Speaking of heater shut off valve (s) I have heard of an old heater hose letting lose in the cockpit of a Pantera before while it was on course...can't remember who it was but obviously if its not urban myth he got sprayed with hot coolant and cockpit immediately filled with steam. our resident historians (Mikey or Jack) probablf know who it might have been.

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adin at frontier.net wrote:
  First dumb question of the year . . .


Remind me now, are Panteras more prone to hose failure than other cars?

David, heard the stories and its cold here without a heater . . .




Quoting MikeLDrew at aol.com:

>
> In a message dated 1/1/07 11 18 17, MyCars at comcast.net writes:
>
>
>> - if you are going to do any racing, get 2 heater shut-off valves
>>
>
> Just a thought--it doesn't hurt any less to crash your car while going 70 mph
> on the road vs. 70 mph on a track. So heater hose shutoff valves are
> *always* a good idea, unless you *know* your heater hoses (under the 
> dash) are very
> new--and then they are still a good idea anyway. :>)
>
> Mike
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