brake lines?

[John Pol]

Does anybody here have a video or a how to make brake lines on a street rod or 50`s car with master cylinder between the frame rails. Building a 50 Olds would like to add brake lines to it. Any help would be great.

John Pol

[Ace-Garageguy]

Do you just need to know the tubing runs? Like, where the lines go ? I can certainly help with that. This is correct in general, though the master cylinder and booster would be on the other side, usually, in the USA. The reservoir mounts somewhere on the firewall usually, with 1 or 2 flex lines running to the top of the master cylinder.

You will also often see the rear line run farther back towards the rear axle, then a piece of flex hose going to a T-fitting on the axle itself, and hard lines from there out to the wheels.

When you build a real one, you just have to put lines where they'll fit, making sure they don't get chafed by things that move, or get close to anything hot, and you usually try to secure them to the inside surfaces of frame rails, to protect them from rocks and other road debris.

Edited June 4, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy