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leon bee · 01-15-2019, 10:16 PM

I've been working away on a 50 for about a year now. Taking my time, it's gonna be my 70th birthday present to myself and I'm gonna drive it every day. Car came with a nasty looking truck radiator, a lot of flushing cleaning and soldering and it's somewhat usable. Gave me time to check out decent rad repair shops: "yeah, maybe there's a good shop in Shreveport", or, "Surely there must be somebody in Springfield." Or, "No, that old guy died." "That guy burned his shop down and ran away!"

So I, reluctantly, got an Asian made Champion brand aluminum one off ebay. $204 shipped. Fit perfectly, works so well I might have to put cardboard in front of it for the rest of my winter test drives. Been in there 8 or 9 months now.

For that price it now seems like a no-brainer. If I ever get me a real one, I'll have this for a spare.

01-15-2019, 10:16 PM	#16
leon bee Senior Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Arkansas Posts: 611	Re: buying a new radiator I've been working away on a 50 for about a year now. Taking my time, it's gonna be my 70th birthday present to myself and I'm gonna drive it every day. Car came with a nasty looking truck radiator, a lot of flushing cleaning and soldering and it's somewhat usable. Gave me time to check out decent rad repair shops: "yeah, maybe there's a good shop in Shreveport", or, "Surely there must be somebody in Springfield." Or, "No, that old guy died." "That guy burned his shop down and ran away!" So I, reluctantly, got an Asian made Champion brand aluminum one off ebay. $204 shipped. Fit perfectly, works so well I might have to put cardboard in front of it for the rest of my winter test drives. Been in there 8 or 9 months now. For that price it now seems like a no-brainer. If I ever get me a real one, I'll have this for a spare.