How to buy radiator hoses

[Edwin Hazzard]

Hi guys
I had a lower radiator hose get a hole in it. I think it was old as I got it with the car when I bought it. It has the chrome covering on it. It's a 350 Chevy and I believe it's a speedway or tp kit car. What's the best route of obtaining a replacement hose. Match it up in a part's store or is it available on line somewhere. Speedway didn't seem to list one.
Thanks for any and all help.

 

[Spanky]

Had the same thing happen to my upper hose. It had the chrome cover like yours. I just replaced it with a rubber flex hose and keep on truckin'. Not as pretty but gets the job done.

 

[Pasthisprime]

I’m not a big fan of the flex hose. If you bend up a piece of welding rod in the shape of the hose, measure your hose end diameters where it attaches to water pump and radiator, bring that to the counter of a parts store on a NON busy day, usually someone will be kind enough to match it for you. Then I take that hose tag and stick it in my build log for reference.