Anybody else still have their original tunnel fuel lines? Options

[RAX914]

I remember reading a post about people never having taken off their rocker panels and was wondering if there were anyone else with the original fuel lines in the tunnel.

I just ordered new SS lines from Tangerine today, but was curious if I'm one of the last holdouts having milked these things beyond reason. I haven't driven this car very much in the past 10 years, so it was never a priority to me, until now.

Thanks

[rjames]

I still have the original hard lines in the tunnel. While I'm not overly concerned about them I will get to replacing them one day. All of the rubber/cloth lines get replaced every few years.
I've never heard about a fire starting from a leak in the center tunnel. Seems like they are all from the soft lines in the engine bay.

[oakdalecurtis]

I still have the original hard lines in the tunnel. While I'm not overly concerned about them I will get to replacing them one day. All of the rubber/cloth lines get replaced every few years.
I've never heard about a fire starting from a leak in the center tunnel. Seems like they are all from the soft lines in the engine bay.

As a newly elected Councilman in a small rural central California city, I was asked by to bring my '76 teener to drive in the annual city Christmas parade through town. I pulled into the parade line and began slowly idling down the main street route with another Councilman in the passenger seat. We hadn't gone far when a man on the sidewalk approached the side of our little yellow ride and told us we were "leaking water under the car real bad". That's an interesting comment since there is no water onboard a 914 to leak! I opened my door and leaned out to look under the car, only to see gasoline spraying down mid tunnel and rapidly pooling under the car! I quickly told my Council colleague to get out of the car fast! Then I franticly waved to onlookers to create an opening among the sidewalk crowd of people, and slowly drove the still running 914 to a dirt field and finally shut it off. I had left a trail of gasoline on the ground behind the car that was at least a foot wide as I idled towards that open field!
After having my 914 towed to my mechanic, as you probably already guessed, the fuel line, under high pressure from tank in front to the engine in the rear, decided to split after 30 years, at that inopportune moment during the parade. I had the fuel line repaired, my car was returned to me and all was fine.
I was invited to the city Christmas parade again the following year. When I pulled up in my teener to get in the parade line this time, my Council colleagues were standing nearby on the curb with lighters, flicking them repeatedly and saying they were "ready for me this year!" That's how you know who your friends are in politics!!!!
After reading all the posts about fuel line fires and my parade experience, I think I will make an appointment with my mechanic to replace all the rest of the fuel lines now. If I was smarter, I would have done them all then. Thanks to my fellow teeners here for the additional motivation to finally get them all done now!