[Hot Rod Reverend]

Yes - I have the splash pans as well. They are in excellent shape. I removed them some time ago when the car was cooling too well, even with a 190 degree thermostat. I had installed that large "312 radiator" - it has 4 rows I think. In the winter I went as far as to put a piece of cardboard over half of the radiator to stop the flow of air!!! Ridiculous... during the winter the heater core would show that the temp gauge was right at 165... I could barely get hot air to come out of the heater core when I was at speed. At a stop light or in traffic it would do just fine.

And, summer or winter did not matter. that thing cooled like there was no tomorrow. Too cool though - you really don't want a Y block running under 190, or most engines for that matter. The thing becomes a sludge factory because of all of the condensation.