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Thanks MP. I bought a new thermostat housing with a lip for $13. It's sealed and working perfectly. Thank you for the suggestion

They sure are. I just put the chrome one I have on my work bench and it wobbles. Ugh. The one I just took off -- the one with no lip -- is perfectly flat. I'm getting a new one with a lip

I never painted that. That's how I got it. I could sand it down a little, but I think I want one with a lip.

I'm going to. I'm on my way to the parts store now

Yes. Very odd. I've got a chrome one that has a lip, but I could never get it to seal right at the manifold

Here are a couple photos

I'll post a photo shortly.

I'll check it tomorrow. But I'm beginning to think it was nothing more than a perfect storm of a slightly worn out radiator hose, a too smooth thermostat housing neck and a clamp that could have been tighter. That's what I'm hoping, at least

Yes Don. That's about exactly how long I'd been driving. But if the thermostat didn't open (and it's got the drilled relief hole) would that cause the hose to blow off? I'd think it would cause me to overheat

I'm beginning to think I didn't fill it all the way. I put in one gallon-- that was all I had -- and it filled the radiator above the fins. But it holds four gallons and it wasn't running when I filled it. I imagine the block was fairly empty after the hose blew off the thermostat. The radiator...

No. Motor mounts are good

Thanks Purple. That makes perfect sense, because I just came out to look at the car and the radiator is almost empty (It's below the fins at least). I put in an entire bottle of antifreeze before I drove it three miles home and somewhere along the way, I lost a lot of coolant. The weird thing is...

Thanks Fran. This might be a stupid question, but if the pressure builds too much, shouldn't the overflow reservoir start to fill and relieve it rather than blow off a hose. I haven't checked the overflow canister yet but if it's empty, will that tell me something?

I was driving my 72 340 RR today and all of a sudden I could smell antifreeze. I saw my temp gauge was starting to rise -- it never runs anywhere near hot -- so I pulled over, stopped the car and saw steam coming from under the hood. The upper radiator hose had blown off the thermostat housing...

1973-74 B-body OEM fuel cap. Date coded 232rd day of 1973 (Aug. 20, 1973). Excellent condition with new seal; Part #3726407 supercedes #3549087. $20 or best offer plus shipping

Update -- I got a $10 voltage regulator pigtail from Napa and that fixed it. I know I had checked the green wire for resistance during my troubleshooting and it seemed OK. But it took some stabbing with the multimeter to get it to read and apparently it was bad. When I checked today, I was...

I think I figured it out. I checked resistance on my blue and green wires from the alternator to the voltage regulator. I was sure I did this before. But now the green wire is bad. The blue wire was good, very low ohms. But the green wire was reading infinity or open at the voltage regulator. I...

Hey guys. Just an update. I put on a new alternator and it's still not charging. I know the VR is good and grounded. I even tried it with two other voltage regulators I have that are good (before I got the new alternator) and that didn't work. I think I know the issue but not sure what it means...

Thanks Bob. I have met John Borgen a couple of times at different car shows. He has some beautiful AARs and TAs. I didn't realize he had passed away. That's sad. He was a nice guy.

Thank you, 72