[DeTomaso] Were these 3 things stock?

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

The stock braid on the fuel and vent lines were not stainless but 
galvanized steel so they have a sort of flat, dusty appearance compared to 
stainless-braided aircraft hose you're used to seeing on hot rods. Underneath the 
cheap braid is matching cheap rubber hose which has already ruptured on many 
"original" Panteras. PLease junk ALL OEM rubber fuel hoses, braided or not, on 
your engine before you have an engine fire! That includes the large hose 
joining outside fuel fillers on L models. Rubber fuel hoses made after the 
early '80s (conicidentally when gas additives became mandatory) are more 
resistent to MTBE and alcohol, but still not impervious.
A second difference between stock hoses and aircraft hose is, most aircraft 
hose had very high-grade neoprene or teflon tubing under the braid. And 
even aged aircraft neoprene hose will harden and crack! If you insist, there 
are U.S companies that sell only the braid to stick on any rubber hoses you 
care to shield. But they won't have the stock, unattractive flat appearance. 
Good luck- J DeRyke