boxerdogi Posted January 11, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 11, 2021 Okay... that sounds a little creepy. I’m talking about manufacturing dates. It appears early hoses had the date stamped on the com. plate and nothing molded in the end. They then appear to have gone to ink stamping the com. plate and molding their name in the end. Lastly they stopped dating the com. plate and molding the date in the end. Does anyone have any thoughts or any ideas on when these changes took place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkALSE Posted January 11, 2021 Share #2 Posted January 11, 2021 Is that last pic a cute date calendar thing? My eyes give me trouble, but I swear i can see a couple of the molded dots on it and possibly numbers at one end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 11, 2021 Share #3 Posted January 11, 2021 That last picture shows the Redar hose was made in the 2nd quarter of 1988. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vark_07 Posted January 11, 2021 Share #4 Posted January 11, 2021 You're right, this last REDAR hose end pic shows a 2-year manufacturing time span (88-89). There are 2 molded dots out of the 4 squares in front of the year 88, and none in the 89 (so MFG. date was 2nd quarter 88). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWW Posted January 11, 2021 Share #5 Posted January 11, 2021 REDAR is a generic term for all those hoses that comes from the R.E. DARling company that made them originally. Much like any copier is a Xerox machine, all hoses are called REDAR hoses no matter who made them. Are all your hoses made by R.E. Darling? If not, could different manufacturers mark them slightly different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 12, 2021 Share #6 Posted January 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, RWW said: REDAR is a generic term for all those hoses that comes from the R.E. DARling company that made them originally. Much like any copier is a Xerox machine, all hoses are called REDAR hoses no matter who made them. Are all your hoses made by R.E. Darling? If not, could different manufacturers mark them slightly different? Yes they could. Here is one I have from the 3rd quarter 1970. Made by Oxytronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxerdogi Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted January 12, 2021 All of the hoses that I pictured are Darling hoses. I was really just wondering if anyone knew when they stopped stamping the date into the plate, and when they started molding the date into the rubber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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