Per Mark Drillock advice I went to Home depot and bought flexible gas lines.
Don't recall the size, but it was a heckuva lot less hassle than trying to
bend the existing copper tubing.  

Tom Salicos
'87 Syncro Westy EG-33

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Richard Duvernay
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 6:15 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
> 
> After removing the shield and the old regulator and installing the new
> I�first tried to connect back the original copper pipes with the flared
> fitting on the ends.� It was nowhere close to a fit.�� There seemed to be
> no way to attach the copper pipes first, then the regulator to the tank,
> so I was left with no choice but to manipulate�and/or cut the�end of the
> pipe.�