Wire hose clamps?

[jaybee]

Sometimes you just wander into stuff. This time it started with the wire hose clamps which were common on '60s and 70's American cars from the factory. I remember them working well, but where usually replaced with worm gear clamps the first time the hose was changed.

From there I found the Clamptite tool. Has anyone here used it? The thing looks pretty clever...use the wingnut to tighten the wire over the hose barb, then the tool becomes a lever to kink the wire and keep it tight. Cut the wires, bend them back on themselves and push them as even with the surface of the hose as possible to minimize the potential to bite you later. If you use a fair number of hose clamps it could pay off, though the tool isn't cheap for something so small and simple at $34-$40 online and I question if it might be hard to get sufficient tension with a wingnut for tension and two little pins to hold onto so it doesn't twist.  http://www.gemplers.com/product/HC8/clamptite-tool-standard-4-3-4?gclid=Cj0KEQiAperBBRDfuMf72sr56fIBEiQAPFXszWiP77C7cy8Ll1PH7lBDNcQ5sDxQb-NC83LXqa4R84waAleF8P8HAQ&CID=25SEPLA&s_kwcid=AL!3210!3!51404445385!!!g!146113426105!&ef_id=V8uRugAABShq2ti4:20161127224414:s

Then I found this method of making exactly the same sort of clamp using a pop rivet tool. The wires would be more or less automatically bent to a 90 degree angle to hold them for final installation, the pop rivet tool should be able to easily get whatever tension you want, and almost everyone has a pop rivet tool laying around somewhere.  http://www.instructables.com/id/Wire-Hose-Clamp/?ALLSTEPS

[kb426]

I'll try the pop rivet method sometime.

[jaybee]

You'll notice that guy says he's been doing it for a lot of years. Sure looks like it would work. It looks clean when finished, and this way every clamp on the car would be the same. Downsides--you can't crank it a little tighter if you accidentally left it a little loose the first time, and and cutting them back off might be a pain.

[enjenjo]

Looks like a modern version of this.

[jaybee]

Looks like a modern version of this.

Dang Frank, I'd say that's spot on!