Brakes lines.....needs advice...

[Mike K]

Hi Bob,

Are you refering to the hydraulic brake hoses ? The Chev CMP's used standard hoses , same as the contemporary civilian Chevs of the 1940's .

On my C8 cab 11 , I was able to buy hoses easily as they are same as civilian chevs of that time . GO to any of the Chev vintage truck parts suppliers like Jim Carter or Chevs of the 40's . There is nothing special about the hoses .


I made up the metal tubing , its called BUNDY tubing here . I bought a flaring tool and you need 1/4" tubing for CMP's . After practicing on some old tubing , it was easy to make nice double flares .

The WW2 Morris - Commercials I have been working on used copper tubing and single flares , can you believe that !

Mike