If the 1" spacer is clears the radiator but is to close for comfort and no spacer is to close to the damper, then use a 1/2" spacer instead.
$250 is about half what I just paid for a copper/brass radiator for my '54 so as you say, you get what you pay for.
DG
Last edited by Denny Graham; 11/11/2011 1:30 PM.