1971 Chevy Truck - Project Get Shorty

Next, place the line in the bender with your mark at 0 degrees, and bend the line to the degree desired-and that's really all there is to it.

Using that little bender, you can bend the brake line to the right, left, up, down, and even all that with an angle in it. Here is a line I made for Project Get Shorty. On the left is what I started with, and on the right is my finished line. As you can see, that bender is very versatile.

Here is another line I bent to flow with the rearend. Using the same technique of placing my line against my canvas and marking where I want my bends, I used the bender to fabricate the line.

In some instances I had to cut the pre-fabbed line down to the length I needed, which is no problem. Simply reflare the line with a double flaring tool, also available at parts stores or Harbor Freight, and you're good to go.

Sometimes it's near impossible to bend one long straight line in the desired position. Instead, you can bend two shorter lines and combine them together using a union, as marked by the white arrow.

Here's another problem I ran into. My bender couldn't bend an accurate enough angle for a certain application; therefore, I grabbed a socket and slowly and carefully bent the line around the socket until I got my desired shape.

Here's the line I bent around the socket. As you can see, improvising is the key to life.

To fasten the brake line to the frame, I used these stainless clips from Inline Tube.

The next part of finishing up was to install the Air Ride Technologies RidePro system and air lines.