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Old school radiator shop master list.
Good old-fashioned radiator shops are getting hard to find. So I decided we need a Master List of the remaining ones to help keep them in business.
Please post any you have used or know of. Here's my local one for the Portland and Vancouver area. Two thumbs up for Wilson Radiator since 1946. https://www.wilsonradiator.com/ They built the radiator in my Burban, two 67-72 C10 heater cores, a 51 GMC heater core and a heater core for a 52 F1 all for me. We have also used them for at least 20 years at work. |
Here's another one near Portland. Hart Radiator in Kelso. Family business, been around for 50 years. https://hartradiator.com/
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Razzi radiator In Philadelphia PA did one for me that came out really well. Correct core for my bird.
There’s also Bristol radiator Bristol Ct. 06010. Id have used them for the bird radiator but the core was already in PA in stock when they were very hard to find. There’s a place in LI I spoke with that seemed good too but don’t have the name right now I’ll see if I can find it again. |
In the past few years I’ve used Jantz in Kenosha Wi and Driveline in Dubuque Iowa. Both did excellent work. Driveline did a recore of my original ‘71 GTO radiator, but also fixes them.
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Ace Radiator in San Diego.
Shop has been around since 1921. Located a block from the bridge in Barrio Logan. I've had three radiators and heater core recored there. Quality work, American parts. |
They are out there and you can find them in the old school yellow pages for us old guys. Stans in Lake Stevens, WA.
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Beach Radiator & Air Conditioning Services
One of if not the last here in VA BCH.
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Note to others - it will be more useful for the purposes of this discussion to list radiator shops that are still in business, rather than ones that aren't around anymore.
It used to be you could just look in the Yellow Pages to find them but that doesn't exist for most locations anymore. You may have luck by doing a web search on 'radiator repair near me' but you'll have to sort through the results. A couple in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area: Borgen Radiator Company 312 Johnson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 (612) 379-2605 Tom's Radiator Repair 316 W Main St Suite D, Anoka, MN 55303 (763) 427-4294 www.tomsradiator.com I'm not sure if this place repairs old radiators or just sells new ones 1-800-Radiator of Minneapolis 810 SE 9th St, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612) 331-1221 www.radiator.com |
lol even mods get double posts.
Used Wilson Radiators many years even had them recore a all brass heater core for my old 1985 colt as I could not find a new on anywhere locally . Excellent work. |
Very good one here on the Southside of Atlanta very near the airport.
https://www.hapevilleradiatorandauto...uwebsites.com/ 536 Porsche Avenue Hapeville , GA 30354 |
I'm in SE PA and used Dick's Radiator in Pottstown to rebuild the radiator in my 68 Firebird. Chris does a lot of radiator repairs and restorations. He does nice work and is a pretty good guy even though he races Mopar cars. 😎
Dick's Radiator Repair 335 W High Street #6313 Pottstown, PA 19464 610-323-0860 |
https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/bu...adiator-repair
Stan's is a small shop in Lake Stevens WA, about 30 miles north of Seattle, a few miles from me. I have used them several times over the years and will continue to do so. They don't have a website and the only advertising I know of is a homemade sign along hwy 9. There is always a row of radiators leaning along the wall waiting to be picked up which reflects their reputation and word of mouth advertising. I missed Drag Star Le Mans input |
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B and R Radiator
1015 W 53rd St N Wichita, Kansas 67204 316-838-8497 Their sign says "Great place to take a leak". In business for 54 years. Run by family. They have repaired and cleaned two radiators and heater cores for me in the last few years. Great work and customer service. |
I used this shop several times
Richard Radiators Shop 2749 S Pleasant Valley Rd Winchester, VA 22601 Phone : 540-665-0445 |
Advanced Radiator, West Burlington IA. Decades of great service.
On related challenges to us all, starter alternator shops are rare today. My go to is Harvey Brothers, Galesburg IL. Walked in with a Motorola made in France that was on a French built John Deere diesel. They walked me out to a 71 year old, one glance he knows it, identifies the post I needed for my two wire connection, throws it on ancient 1950s tester and it passes. I'm in and out 2 minutes tops. Not a single shop or internet could help me, I had wasted hours. Owners are likewise upper 70s or 80s. Remind me of the core in this hobby. "you can pry (My Pontiac) from my C.D. F." |
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Norcini's Radiator Shop (was). Now there is a Norcini's Autobody Shop in King of Prussia, and elsewhere. |
Alex Gerz Radiator Co.
435 N. Mulberry St. Lancaster, PA. 17603 717-392-6283 FAX 717-299-2032 gerzradiator.com Family owned business since 1918. Not many business's go back that far. 3 years ago they re cored my 1971 GTO heater core in less than 24 hours with an NOS core they had in stock in the basement. They have done all of my radiator and heater core work since 1971. |
AAA "Triple-A" radiator in Fresno, CA. Excellent work, old school rodding out and re-coring your original unit.
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Superior Radiator Services
3.9(34) · Radiator shop 195 Grand Ave #5413 · (586) 463-8722 Closed ⋅ Opens 9 AM Mon Still in business and still does excellent radiator core replacements. Tom V. |
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