Yesterday I removed the insulation from the fuel rail and lines that was installed in about 1975. As others have noted, this appears to be made of asbestos so caution needs to be taken when working with it.

Underneath the old insulation I found that much of the flexible fuel line was original to the car. Does anyone know of a source for replacement fuel line that looks like the original? It has a black braided fabric cover over rubber. I've searched all day and all I can find that is braided is metal.

Thanks.

Peter

The German cars also used rubber fuel lines with a braided cloth cover so a VW or Porsche restoration parts store would be a good place to start.

Goggling “German Cloth Braided Fuel line” produced many results:

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111209183

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1158506

http://www.porschetechnik.com/8mm-cloth-braided-fuel-hose