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Originally Posted by Kube
The "split core" design was the one and only design utilized in 1940. I had just recently had two of them re-cored correctly. Cost was about $500 each. The cores will need to be custom made as they are no longer in any "standard" catalog.
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Interesting, but I'd beg to differ.
The stock '40 radiator in my coupe was a single core, with a crank hole, and the water neck in the center of the top tank, with an overflow tube in the neck. I recently traded the coupe's radiator, which I had blocked off for a SBC, for another stock single core, crank hole, top center filler.
The one in my '40 stake truck was a split core, with the water neck on the driver's side, and an overflow in the top center. I recently swapped it out for the single core that I traded for.
From the window glass bugs on the coupe, it shows 4/40, so that would indicate a production run in April.
The truck has 3/40 and 4/40 glass, which indicates an early April production.