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Joined: Nov 1995
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Unrepentant VW Lover
Thanks Jerry. Spent some quality time with it again today noodling through it. Finding anyone to actually *do* that could be the trick.

I have an enquiry posted to the Brassworks to see what they can do for me. I've been checking all the others I've researched through Dean, the VCCA site, the AACA site and even some Brass Era sites I've found. Yikes, these early honeycomb core radiators apparently are hard to replicate and hard to restore. frown Looks like I'm going to be loading up the dollar gun and setting the selector to "Full Auto" ...

I guess if this restoration was easy, we'd have a heck of a lot more early 'Bolts on the site ... wink

And I haven't even gotten to the carburetor yet ... I see on the Filling Station site that they want $250 just for the end cap on the vacuum fuel pump ... Yeeeeooooow. Good thing mine is good wink


John

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Update:

The good radiator with the side brackets attached works after I cut the brackets off. smile

Done!

Attached Images
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Hello sawzall, goodbye brackets!
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Fits fine now!
20230903_160847.jpg (469.91 KB, 15 downloads)

John

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
Will Rogers

1927 Chevrolet Capitol 1-Ton Express -- A work in progress
In Project Journals
1949 Chevrolet 3804
In Gallery Forum
1973 IH 1310 Dump
2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley)
In Daily Driver Gallery


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A sawzall is often an essential tool for a restorer. grin

Looking good! thumbs_up


Kevin
Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com]
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Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
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