I had a '52 De Soto Sportsman with the Firedome V-8 engine. It had brake lines with seams. Once the seam opened up and the brakes failed. By the time we got the car to the garage the seam had closed. No leaks. Filled the master cylinder and it worked until the next bumb and the seam opened up and the brakes failed again. This drove us nuts for about two weeks until we started to trace the brake lines carefully and found the seepage. We cut out the damage portion and replaced it and no more problems.

My Dad gave me the car with 240K miles on it it. I drove it for another 50 K. Then I sold it to a kid who made a dirt track racer out of it. It completed for two years and won some races and finally met it's end in a demolition derby.

Those old cars are hard to kill.

07 Speedmstr, Long Tors, bags, sissy bar and rack, windshield, engine bars, 2 ww lights, 2 fast eddy stickers and a .45 ACP.