Pump to Carb Hard Lines

I'm doing a fairly correct resto on my 1965 Dart with 273 4bbl, but I just couldn't bear to install the original fuel line/filter setup. The combination of hard and rubber lines and all the clamps just looks messy to me.

So I set out to come up with a hard line setup that looked somewhat stock. I settled on a fuel filter from a 2000-2004 Toyota Tundra. It was the smallest filter I could find with inverted flare fittings. My first attempt was with an AC GF90 used on Chevy's in the 1960's. But the GF90 has 1/8 NPT fittings so you add over an inch of length with the adapters from NPT to flare. Even though some pictures of the Tundra filter show it in metal finish, all the ones I found came in black. I think a metal finish would look more stock. Maybe I'll paint this one silver.

The fittings are 14mm so I had to find some 14mm flare nuts for 5/16 OD tube. They're out there, but much harder to find than I thought. I bought the last two they had at the local Autozone after striking out at O'reilley's, Pep Boys, and Napa. The nuts I found were just barely long enough. So if you have a choice, get the longer ones.

I bent and flared the lines myself and I made sure they would clear the AC Compressor and brackets so I wouldn't have to re-do them when I get around to installing my AC setup.

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Without AC:
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With AC:
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