Reply to "Clutch fluid disaster"

I'm pretty sure my car is the way they came. I also have a Byars braided line and it is an exact replacement for the red plastic line.

The clutch line is one piece tubing from the master cylinder to the connection point of the flex line. On your car it looks like someone added an extension piece that could be removed. On mine the point at where the hard line ends and the flex line connects is slightly over 12" from the firewall. Hopefully if you remove your extension, your hard line will reach 12" and you could run your flex line properly.

The other option would be to leave it as is. Is the hard line still attached by bracket to the wheel house? I can't tell from the picture. The downside to relocating the hose as stock, it would leave a bolt hole in your beautifully painted wheel house. The downside to leaving it as is, is that you may have to lessen the 90 degree bend at the slave connection. The new fitting looks like a lot harder material to safely bend than the stock soft fitting. Decisions, decisions....