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Location: North Carolina | Need help sourcing a radiator for a 1960 361 Sonoramic. The radiator we have is only a 2 core, could this be correct? Would like to know where we can source a new radiator that at least has close to an original appearance....better yet an original appearance would be best.
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | Can't provide much help, here, now, but OEM looking radiator cores are available at/via most shops, and an extra-added row of cooling
fins is a relatively easy addition to a radiator....and the result is not obviously-apparent.
Most vintage rads leak like old men, anyway, and need a bit of Tightening Up [J. Brown], and it's always good to have repair work be
done locally, if possible, if only to ensure customer satisfaction.
Everybody only really notices the appearance of a (non-)dented top tank, and/or the bottom tank, on a radiator.
Hugh, does your present radiator have an offset upper hose-fitting, or does is its upper hose connection located toward the
middle of its upper tank?
Edited by d500neil 2014-12-17 2:33 PM
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Location: North Carolina | Neil, our radiator has a middle upper-hose inlet.
I am ok with having the radiator recored. So I need to probably start asking around the shops here and see who can do this work. The upper tank definitely looks like it has room for more rows.
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You can change to a 3 row core, but you may have a fan clearance issue requiring a thinner fan spacer. I did on mine. Are you restoring the white Belvedere?
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Location: North Carolina | CustomRoyal - 2014-12-18 8:56 PM
Hugh
You can change to a 3 row core, but you may have a fan clearance issue requiring a thinner fan spacer. I did on mine. Are you restoring the white Belvedere?
Jim
Jim, I have 3 different fan spacers, so hopefully I will have one that works. I am not restoring the Belvedere 3 speed car....I was wondering who ended up with that car. I went to look at it 5 or so years back before it was put on ebay. It was pretty complete, but it was a little soft all around the bottom of the car.
We are restoring a 60 plymouth convertible. |
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