In a message dated 5/2/05 6:45:45 PM, organslave@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

<< My 1967 Mini Cooper S has copper brake lines . . . >>

!!! DO NOT USE COPPER FOR BRAKE LINES !!!

Let's be careful here, lest some innocent comes away from the plumbing
department at Home Depot with his tit in a wringer.  Your Mini should have copper
ALLOY lines made of a 90/10 copper/nickel alloy known as "Cunifer Alloy" or when
drawn into tubing, "Bundy Tubing".  Quite a few European car makers have been
using it for years to eliminate the corrosion of brake lines, although,
considering the total of the car they build, I can't imagine why the British bother.

George