<p dir="ltr">Old hoses, like old tires, dry out, Crack and need to be replaced. Makes no difference what "pattern" is on the outside, if they won't hold pressure. I don't see how a rubber part could ever be a 'collectible.' Maybe for concours use, they'd have a value but...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Dave</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 25, 2016 9:26 PM,  <<a href="mailto:glemon@neb.rr.com">glemon@neb.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A few years back I bought what would now be called a "barn find" rusty TR250 that looked to be all original, including all the original striped hoses.  They were in pretty good shape )though I certainly would have had to replace them before using the car.)<br>
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Little did I know the hoses were worth as much as I paid for the car...<br>
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Greg Lemon<br>
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---- Mark J Bradakis <<a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com">mark@bradakis.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> CC25064 had some of these hoses. They were old, cracked and leaky. I<br>
> threw them away.  Silly me.<br>
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> mjb.<br>
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