Patrick Some where in your area is a place that can fab up some new/replacement A/C hosing for you. Make some of those cheap phone calls to locate the shop and carry the hose(s) to them. Most shops of this sort do not do the R & R. I have done this with our '63 ( std air) and '66 ( dual air ). The WalMarts and like sell the new coolent for the A/C'ing. At this time of the year they are starting to have those fix it for summer sells. The lub oils for the A/C can be found on the same self. Rodger & Gabby Colo Spgs '47 De Soto Custom w/Fluid Drive & passenger door mounted swamp cooler '63 Le Baron w/F-Sweep trunk lid & std A/C '66 Le Baron w/dual A/C & reverbed AM/FM