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Old 12-03-2019, 01:11 PM
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Any radiator replacing a 50+ year old clogged unit will work.
I would look for a radiator shop replacing the cell package keeping the original tanks.
I had a radiator shop in Michigan (Superior Radiator in Mt Clements Mi), a few miles away, that does a lot of Circle Track stuff, build me a 4 core high fin count Brass Radiator. Looks stock and cools very well. They used my upper and lower tank.

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Old 12-03-2019, 02:45 PM
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That's getting so much harder to do now. Thanks to the EPA and the chemicals those places use, most of the rad shops have closed up now. The last one we had in town closed about 10 years ago.
I might, and that's a big might, be able to find one in Phoenix but the effort and the 200 mile drive back and forth almost isn't worth the trouble. I know of a few around the country but they are mainly in the restoration business end of it for those that need to save their expensive original tanks.

If you're lucky enough to have a shop in town that still does it, that's great. But those places have been drying up the last 20+ years and continue to disappear and it doesn't make economical sense for me to ship one across country for a driver type of car when a nice aluminum piece is only $350.

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Old 12-03-2019, 03:17 PM
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hi, just before I bought my cold case I went by a radiator shop in town. I know the owner so I got a fair price to recore my oem rad. 475.00 to recore it. that's why I went cold case. BLUE TA

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