[1969] Frt Brake Hose

[David Brown]

Hi All,

Just a quick 'minutiae' question that is bugging me since I am currently
replacing my original front brake hoses (*only* available from your
friendly Corvair parts folks).

Does anyone know the history on these hoses?  I have spent about an hour
checking & can't find anything else that might have used these.  Are they
really specific to 69 Corvairs only?  Why would the factory make up
something specific like this for a car they were phasing out (and were
trying to use up all parts specific for the Corvair)?  Since the front
brake hose for 65->68 Corvair is the same part used on the 69 Belair,
Biscane, Nova, etc., it doesn't make sense to me that the factory would
make an effort to use something different, and specific for only the 69
Corvair, when there was a huge supply of the 'regular' ones available!  Any
comments, thoughts, history facts??

Regards,
Dave

David Brown
#3287
140/4, Posi Monza cp.
Wimberley (Austin), TX