Coolant spewing from my overflow hose

i'll ask, other than a restoration, why would someone not run an overflow
Because it is 100 % unnecessary. If you overfill the rad, once the engine gets to the hotest it will ever get, (summer, going up a hill, with every seat filled, and the AC on if you have it), the fluid will have expanded to it's maximum, and overflowed out. When it cools down it will be at the proper level. And will never overflow again.