I am having trouble finding a hose for my 64 C 10 project.

The Summit aluminum radiator has the lower hose nipple angled towards the top of the radiator. Obviously they expected this to accomodate a 'typical' installation in a car where the lower radiator nipple was below the water pump nipple. Well, the radiator is sitting as low as it can go, the frame stops it from sitting any lower.

Spent about 20 minutes in the local Auto Zone trying to match up a formed hose to the one which I was running with the last radiator. That hose is almost right.. just far enough off that it kinks in the present application.

Anyway, I've tried a flex hose, and it could 'work' but it is too tight and kinking. I am thinking my solution is nothing more elegant than to take a couple of formed hoses, and a piece of pipe nipple, and cut the two hoses and connect them together to make a go of it. Really don't want to modify the radiator ( which would probably be the right solution ).

Anyone got any .02 to throw in?

thanks