Brake Line Mounting
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Brake Line Mounting (addition-what year did they change ?)
Egad, another resto question. This is getting habitforming :)
Anyway, my AIM says the brake line to the rear is secured to the top of the frame rail. Anyone have a good photo of where and how? Are the clips bolted or welded? Looks like that's the best routing I can find, so might actually copy the factory approach there.
-Greg
[Modified by GregP, 12:39 PM 1/26/2002]
Anyway, my AIM says the brake line to the rear is secured to the top of the frame rail. Anyone have a good photo of where and how? Are the clips bolted or welded? Looks like that's the best routing I can find, so might actually copy the factory approach there.
-Greg
[Modified by GregP, 12:39 PM 1/26/2002]
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Re: Brake Line Mounting (GregP)
Greg,
This photo is not great but it does show the basic layout of the rear brake line. It is held on with little green clips that snap into holes in the frame rail. I bought a brake line clip set from zip to replace some of the deteriorated ones, it was complete but they are not the color or quality of the originals.
Andy B
This photo is not great but it does show the basic layout of the rear brake line. It is held on with little green clips that snap into holes in the frame rail. I bought a brake line clip set from zip to replace some of the deteriorated ones, it was complete but they are not the color or quality of the originals.
Andy B
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Re: Brake Line Mounting (GregP)
Egad, another resto question. This is getting habitforming.
:D :lol: :jester :lol: :D
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Re: Brake Line Mounting (Andy B)
Andy - Thanks. I'll have to see if the clip hoes are still detectable in my frame.
Chuck - Ok, put my car down on your schedule for flight judging in 2003. Just be sure you bring a big box of pencils to list all the areas I need to "correct" :)
-Greg
Chuck - Ok, put my car down on your schedule for flight judging in 2003. Just be sure you bring a big box of pencils to list all the areas I need to "correct" :)
-Greg
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What year did they change the brake line routing?
Ok, so what year(s) did the change the brake line routing ? I was looking at some '67 roadster resto photos and his brake lines run along the bottom of the fram rail on the inside. My frame doesn't have any holes that I can find along top to match the pictures Andy B posted, but dows have holes in the locations where the '67 roadster's lines were.
-Greg
-Greg
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Re: What year did they change the brake line routing? (GregP)
Greg, the later cars (68? up maybe) have the brake line clamped high on the inside of the frame rail with loop-type clamps with self-tapping metal screws. If this were the case on your 67, I would expect to find a half dozen or so round, previously threaded screw holes along the driver side frame rail (frame metal may be pulled out ever so slightly around the hole).
It seems that some of the changes that were made on the later cars were sometimes first implemented on the 67. This may be because it was the mid-year that wasn't supposed to have happened, but resulted when the 68 design wasn't going to make the deadline.
P. S. I thought your car was a 67; check the frame VIN stamps and see what year the frame belonged to.
[Modified by Chuck Sangerhausen, 10:59 AM 1/26/2002]
It seems that some of the changes that were made on the later cars were sometimes first implemented on the 67. This may be because it was the mid-year that wasn't supposed to have happened, but resulted when the 68 design wasn't going to make the deadline.
P. S. I thought your car was a 67; check the frame VIN stamps and see what year the frame belonged to.
[Modified by Chuck Sangerhausen, 10:59 AM 1/26/2002]
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Re: What year did they change the brake line routing? (Chuck Sangerhausen)
I thought your car was a 67; check the frame VIN stamps and see what year the frame belonged to.
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Re: What year did they change the brake line routing? (Juliet)
I'm just waiting for him to set the precedent of lifting the body off the frame in our garage. :jester
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Re: Brake Line Mounting (GregP)
Greg, another thing to think about is by the time you get that car done, NCRS will probably have a "PRO Flight Award" anyways :lol: :lol: :lol:
