Re: Fuel Line wow's
Posted by HH56 On 2012/2/9 19:47:10
I don't know how the tank is connected to the line (flex section.
Believe there was just a solid connection. The metal tube came across from frame rail, bent down and rearward going directly into the tank outlet. Connection was with an inverted flare nut. The only flex hose was the short piece connecting metal tube to pump in front. The pump to carb line was steel but had a couple of variations in bends depending on model and year.
I think the challenge is going to be keeping the straight tube look after install with one long piece. Don't know if 54 is like V8's but the tube goes above all the body braces on those. A few shallow bends thrown in for added pleasure. If 54 the same, possibly the outer body bolts and cushions can be removed and a partially prebent tube slid in. Still might be some work making a couple of the bends over the frame look decent in hard steel.
Classic tubeclassictube.com/ and others advertise premade fuel lines in various metal. When I checked one site a while back, the oversize freight to California was almost as much as the tube cost and tubing had to be bent to ship anyway. There was a discussion last year on a type of copper-nickel tubing vs the regular steel for brake lines. One of the attributes was being easier to bend. Wonder if that tubing might be a possibility on the gas line since it is supposed to look similar to steel.
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Believe there was just a solid connection. The metal tube came across from frame rail, bent down and rearward going directly into the tank outlet. Connection was with an inverted flare nut. The only flex hose was the short piece connecting metal tube to pump in front. The pump to carb line was steel but had a couple of variations in bends depending on model and year.
I think the challenge is going to be keeping the straight tube look after install with one long piece. Don't know if 54 is like V8's but the tube goes above all the body braces on those. A few shallow bends thrown in for added pleasure. If 54 the same, possibly the outer body bolts and cushions can be removed and a partially prebent tube slid in. Still might be some work making a couple of the bends over the frame look decent in hard steel.
Classic tubeclassictube.com/ and others advertise premade fuel lines in various metal. When I checked one site a while back, the oversize freight to California was almost as much as the tube cost and tubing had to be bent to ship anyway. There was a discussion last year on a type of copper-nickel tubing vs the regular steel for brake lines. One of the attributes was being easier to bend. Wonder if that tubing might be a possibility on the gas line since it is supposed to look similar to steel.
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