Hey Reid
If you in fact have the braided ( metal ) hose, there shouldn't be a hose clamp, as it screws on like a garden hose. ( unless someone got " creative " ) Also if it is in fact braided metal hose, there is a good chance they used it to replace a broken pipe, as the flexible braided hose is easy to route over, around, and UNDER stuff.
A photo would help, because it's hard to tell what kind materials and connections were used without even looking at it.
You saying that there is hose clamps is leading me to believe what you might have is the clear tubing with the white braid, that is in bedded in the tubing.
And I am thinking that PEX piping is what would be standard for that year. Pex uses crimps, not hose clamps
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