Never mind the clamps - sell me some of your Euros for GBP 0.763 - bring it on......I just bought 13,000.00 4 days ago they cost me GBP 0.832!

Me too. But I bought a new set (of the cheaper ones) from ECAS for my rebuild and they were an absolute dream to fit compared to the original clamps.

Really beefy quality and they close up the pipes all the way round. A fair bit of paste before on each one and the correct radii of the clamps squeeze the pipes together evenly - the width of the clamps is generous to allow the paste to squidge out and seal inside the clamps too, and profile of the clamp is correct too, the seal was spot on.

Also the bolts are captive so you can save yourself grafting on that third or fourth arm to hold the clamp in the right place while holding a spanner with each of your two original arms.

These are the best clamps I have found.

http://www.pp-2cv.be/FR/News/CollierEchappement.htm

They are so easy to seal and whist they are expensive they do a grand job!

I am about to order 4 for the project.

It would be so much easier if ECAS stocked them... hint

It might help if PP stocked them...

The last lot I bought were a couple of years ago. Oh bugger!

I must admit, I've just found fitting the ones from Uncle Roy were very easy - mainly due to the square holes that the bolts are held in

Didn't know that... I recently sold a complete box of them left over from my Mini days thinking I'd just robbed the eager buyer but now realise it may have been the other way around. Arse.

They're what my car had until the clutch was changed.

Absolutely brilliant in principle: as the clamps are tightened the inner section spreads the compressive load evenly around the joint. But as I found during a clutch and exhaust change they're extremely fiddly to locate onto the joint initially unless it just happens to be nicely lined up to start with. One pair of hands is needed to line up the two exhaust flanges, you then sprout a third hand to hold the inner sections of the clamp in place, use your fourth hand to apply the outer clamp sections and then use the freed up third hand to hold the non-captive nuts whilst using a fifth hand to tighten the fasteners. Easy peasy. For a monkey with a grippy tail.

Right, thanks for the info, lads. Uncle Roy is now sitting on an order for four of his finest Burton clamps...

I must confess I have replaced a few of the burton type ones that came on my 2cv with the far easier to use captive bolt type from my local factors. Had I realised they were sought after I might have put them somewhere I would remember, but I suspect they are now either right in the dark recesses of my shed, the bin, or somewhere in a flowerbed.