Stainless or Steel ?

I have a 49 truck with 77 camaro brakes ,disc and drum. I need to run the lines and am not sure which way to go steel or Stainless. Please share your experance.
Thank You  

I HAVE A 52 FORD F-1 AND PLUMBED THE BRAKE LINES WITH STEEL. THE LINE FROM THE FRAME TO THE DISC BRAKES SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE STAINLESS STEEL.  

Hi,
I just joined this forum and saw your post. Probably a little late for your job but I thought I would share my experience.

I have just completed (4 days ago) installing brake lines in a t bucket I am constructing.  I opted for stainless steel purely for the finished appearance as most will be exposed in a bucket.  Whilst steel lines would be less expensive I would have to paint them neatly in a grey or black or matching the chassis colour.

The stainless pros:  1) Clean tidy appearance without painting.  2) Would last the life of the bucket.  3) Would not rust internally or externally.

Stainless cons:   1) In Australia EXPENSIVE!  2) Harder to work with.. (bending was more difficult)  3) You NEED and expensive flaring tool (sykes pickavent).  Basic flarings tools will not produce a reliable double flare.  4) Very hard to source the correct fittings in Australia.  5) You also need a good quality tube cutter.

After the job was finished it looks great.  It will all be removed until after the chassis has been painted then refitted unpainted.

One tip I found was to get neat small radius bends was to use a 3/4 drive socket about 1" or 1-1/8" that has a machine groove near the drive end and clamp it to a bench.  Sit the 3/16 tube in the groove and slowly bend around the socket.  The bend looks better than the bends out of the smallest tube bender I bought.

Good luck with your project.
Regards
Dave
Australia.  

Thank You
The information that you took the time to post will help me with my decision.If there is ever any thing I can help you with just drop me a note.

Thank You Chuck
Wisconsin USA