[grivera]

So I started up the 69 Lemans today- engine runs great for the short time I ran it. When I acquired the car, it had braided lines from trans to the radiator cooler, and fittings in the cooler side that the braided hoses attached too. I’ll admit, when I disassembled, I didn’t take note of the boogered up cooler fittings. Fast forward and I installed factory replacement hard lines. Upon startup, both top and bottom were leaking badly. I tried tightening slightly and it stripped the threads. These weren’t cross threaded and I didn’t torque down too much. I left the project alone for the night but snapped a pic of the threads. Kinda looks like the inverted flare is jacked up too. The line fittings look great on both lines. And no, they were not cross threaded on way in-went in nicely.

Can these be repaired at home? Need suggestions as I’ve never seen this before.