I am changing the fuel line in my 64 SS to a new one piece line. The rear is out of the car and the car is on jackstands. Has anyone done this before who can give me some tips about getting this into the car in one piece? Any help would be appreciated.

Although my realm of experience is with the '69 model year, my educated guess will be this:

You'll likely need to raise the side of the body off the frame a few inches to help install the line. With the '69, the lines go over the top of the frame at the axle, so getting them in with the body still in place can't be done. ( Unless you cut them, which defeats the purpose of a one piece line )

Did it last summer on my 64 El Camino, by myself in a one car garage with nothing more than a floor jack, jack stands and a couple pieces of 4x4. Like Dan says, you need to slightly lift the body off the frame on the pass side to get it in place as one piece over the rear frame near the axle. Loosen all the body mounts on the drivers side and remove them on the pass side. Have lots of patience; it's a lot of fun trying to feed the line up through the front frame and out the hole. But it's doable! :thumbsup:

For safety, wedge some small blocks of wood between the frame and body when it's raised; you don't want it coming down on an arm or hand.

Thanks for the great advice!

Take a small piece of sheetmetal, About 18 gauge that will fit in the hole in the frame rail. Hold this in place as you feed the line through the frame. This will guide it into the hole.Also it helps to bend it a little more before you feed it in. Then bend it back when through the frame rail.
Bill

I recently attempted this same job on my 69 hardtop. The hardest part of the whole deal is getting the body mount bolts loosened without breaking their cage nuts on the frame (they are usually rusted fast)which then makes separating the frame from the body impossible. I don't know if they used cage nuts on your year frame-I hope for your sake they didn't. I got all mine loose but two, and rather than cut holes in the body to access the broken cage nuts, I replaced the stock fuel line with a Braided Steel 3/8" fuel line from Summit. As my car is a driver, this seemed the easiest and safest solution (versus cutting the stock line in half and placing a joint which can leak). Good luck with it. Bman

Piece of cake with the body sitting on a cart on the other side of the garage:D

And I did the front to rear brake line at the same time:yes: