The only fuel hose for my '73 Beetle that I have been satisfied with
in the past 18 years is what I get from CB Performance.

http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=574

The hose I got from other vendors had a black braided cloth around
it.

> * *The factory did not use clamps in the fuel lines. They used the
> proper 5.5mm fuel lines. A diameter that is no longer available, and the
> closest one being 6mm, fits too loose. So.... clamp them. And not with
> those "garden hose" type clamps, but proper fuel line clamps that leave
> no gaps.