Help! Please? I got a radiator last Wed and today found that this thing is way too wide to fit down into the frame of my 64. I got to thinking I just got the wrong one and got out my catalog looking to see if I made a mistake ordering or what.
Well I see that pretty much all the radiators list for a 63-66 are pretty much 25 ¼ wide. Well my frame only had like 23 ½ worth of space. The only radiator I see that might be anything close is one for a 60-62 that would be 21 ¾ wide, of course that one is too tall. I have looked at four diff places and see the same sizes and nothing that that would fit down into my chassis and not been too tall.
The only thing I know to do is to notch the frame of my truck maybe 7/8 to 1 inch to make the hole large enough to get the radiator to go on down into the frame and fit. I am putting a 327 back into this thing so a large radiator is going to help but I am totally lost as to what to try.
Am I just looking in the wrong place for a radiator or should I notch my frame? I would not think about an inch out on each side would weaken it any to cause me any worries but what do I know… Have any of you guys with a 64 to 66 ran into this sort of thing and have any suggestions for me?
Any help would be greatly appreciated..
