Re: 1948 Super Eight Resurrection

Posted by Ross On 2012/3/15 7:34:06

Please do not reuse you old steel brake tubing. Even though it may look OK on the outside--remember how wheel cylinders pit on the inside?--the tubing can do it on the inside too and it has only a .03 wall. When your grill is planted firmly in the backside of an Escalade owned by a cranky lawyer you will fervently wish you had spent the 4-5 hours necessary to tube the car.

You can buy enough tubing to do the entire car in standard lengths at Napa for about $30 bucks or so and it will be the cheapest and most important part of your restoration.

I like to use the standard lengths as I don't have to do the double flare and with a bit of planning, it will look quite tidy. To make tight bends near the end of a tube, insert a close fitting pin punch a tad deeper than the length of the flare nut, and use it as a handle to make the bend.