Hydraulic fluid is supplied to hydraulic brake cylinders for calipers and brake shoes of a motor vehicle through brake line assemblies each including a flexible multi-layer high pressure brake hose having opposite end portions each receiving an inwardly forged or swaged ribbed end portion of a small diameter high pressure steel tube. A metal collar receives each tube and is locked on the tube by a crimp or threads and/or a spring retaining washer or push nut and is crimped onto the end portion of the hose to form a direct tube-to-hose connection having high tensile strength. The opposite end portion of each metal tube is flared and receives an externally threaded tubular flare nut. The flare nut on one tube is threaded directly into a brake caliper, and the flare nut on the other tube is threaded into a brake control valve.