jdshott 3 Posted January 28 Pontiac Flathead Enthusiasts: I have a 1937 6-cylinder two-door touring sedan (body style 2611). I have lost some photos and can no longer remember how the brake line runs from the master cylinder to the tee attached to the front cross member. Does anyone have a photo showing the routing of this line? Am I correct that it comes out the front (rather than downward) connection to the master cylinder, makes an approximate 2" jog to the left to reach the inside of the frame and avoid the steering box, then goes through the two holes in the front cross member and finally makes a 90 degree upward turn to connect to the tee that connects to the front two wheel cylinders. Thanks for your consideration. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kookie1 10 Posted February 13 Hi John, I've got pix at home, I'm at public library right now, of my '37 6-cyl. 4-door touring sedan if that will do. I'll look them up tonight. I'm pretty sure you're correct about the lines travel but I'll double check tonight and add some pix tomorrow. Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdshott 3 Posted February 13 Paul: That should be exactly what I need. Mine is a 6-cyl 2-door touring sedan, but I expect that they are identical in this regard. The line that I took out has so many kinks and bends, that I can't determine which are original and which are not. While mine will be only a runner ... not a show car ... I'm trying to do things as accurately as possible. I appreciate the help, John p.s. If you need any more accurate measurements off the "tray portion" of the battery box, I can easily get those for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kookie1 10 Posted February 14 John, I hear ya. I'm doing the same thing that is to put the '37 back on the road, as close to original as I can get, as a runner, not a show car. Some pix here are the original pix I took before cleaning things up before restoration. I replaced my original steel brake line with a copper/nickel line since it can be bent with your hands without tools and was a whole lot easier to bend to the original curves. I took out the steel lines and just matched the curves on the workbench before installation. Worked quite well. I've added text to some of the pix but I'm sure you can figure it out without the text. If I can help I'll answer any questions you have. If you need any pix in the future I'll be happy to pass on anything I've done in the way of maintaining original specs. and what things look like before or after cleaning. I usually take pix of things before and after so I can remember how they go back together. Just a quick question here, did your '37 have an original cover for the timing mark access hole? If you can take some measurements of the battery tray I'd appreciate it. I only need these three in the last pix. Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
