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Gick70 · 11-03-2021, 05:45 PM

Looking for a good source on a radiator,went the aluminum route radiator lasted a year,I am done with that route.

fifty-one f-1 · 11-03-2021, 08:43 PM

Just wondering I have never used a aluminum radiator on a flathead. What caused the failure within one year? Electrolysis? I am running my stock radiator so I do not have a good replacement.

51504bat · 11-03-2021, 09:07 PM

The Brassworks. Not cheap but top quality. And be prepared to wait a while.
https://thebrassworks.net/

1948F-1Pickup · 11-03-2021, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Gick70

Looking for a good source on a radiator,went the aluminum route radiator lasted a year,I am done with that route.

Do you have the original copper brass radiator still? That could be redone with a new core. I just had mine recored last month by a local shop.

40ford · 11-04-2021, 08:48 AM

Here you go,got one in my truck probably 20 years ago.Fit like a glove.
https://www.npdlink.com/product/radi...1484?year=1952

40ford · 11-08-2021, 07:35 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gick70

Looking for a good source on a radiator,went the aluminum route radiator lasted a year,I am done with that route.

I am just curious what route you took with the radiator issue?

Mmeader · 11-09-2021, 03:55 AM

I used Usradiator.com, fit perfectly, wasn't to long of a waite.

Gick70 · 11-10-2021, 06:14 PM

I ordered one from lmc.

11-03-2021, 05:45 PM	#1
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	1952 f1 radiator Looking for a good source on a radiator,went the aluminum route radiator lasted a year,I am done with that route.

11-03-2021, 08:43 PM	#2
fifty-one f-1 Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: minnesota Posts: 40	Re: 1952 f1 radiator Just wondering I have never used a aluminum radiator on a flathead. What caused the failure within one year? Electrolysis? I am running my stock radiator so I do not have a good replacement.

11-03-2021, 09:07 PM	#3
51504bat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: SoCal-Redlands Posts: 3,020	Re: 1952 f1 radiator The Brassworks. Not cheap but top quality. And be prepared to wait a while. https://thebrassworks.net/ __________________ Making the simple complicated for over 30 years.

11-04-2021, 08:48 AM	#5
40ford Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cherryville,N.C. Posts: 535	Re: 1952 f1 radiator Here you go,got one in my truck probably 20 years ago.Fit like a glove. https://www.npdlink.com/product/radi...1484?year=1952

11-09-2021, 03:55 AM	#7
Mmeader Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Eau claire, Michigan Posts: 19	Re: 1952 f1 radiator I used Usradiator.com, fit perfectly, wasn't to long of a waite.

11-10-2021, 06:14 PM	#8
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	Re: 1952 f1 radiator I ordered one from lmc.