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Originally Posted by ZeGermanHam
Unfortunately, I think it's already too late for him. He said in his first post that he put the body back on the frame. If that was not the case and the body was still off, I'd 100% say redo the fuel lines with metal. It took me no longer than an hour to hand bend the full length 3/8" ni-cop fuel lines on my '66 frame before I put the body back on, and the results look very professional despite it being my first time doing that task. I think some people get spooked by the thought of bending metal lines and decide on rubber hoses as a result.
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Nicopp is what I use to replace any metal lines on everything I own now. Much easier to work than steel, and it will never corrode. If you need it to look like steel, paint it before you install it. Yes, it's not exactly cheap, but well worth the price. I buy it in 25 foot rolls so I have some hanging on the wall of common sizes so I don't have to stop and run 10 miles to the parts store to buy tubing.
Amazon is usually cheapest, if you can wait for it. If not you have to pay the higher price to source it locally.
Learned my lesson when I bought my 93 K3500 that the former owner had just ran new steel brake line to the rear before I bought it. In 5 years the lines had already rusted through. Not a fun job, and I was the second person doing it in 5 years, nicopp front and rear now, and I won't have to ever worry about a hydraulic brake line failure again. I also made the trans cooling lines for the truck from nicopp after a rust out failure a few years ago.