Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> writes:

> I always figured those crimp clamps were used because they were
> quick & cheap from the manufacturing process.

May be -- I thought one other reason was that they crimp to the
correct "tightness" not too tight or too loose as a screw-type clamp
could be.  I've also, rarely, had the screw-type clamps apparently
loosen up over time.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL