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#56529 02/14/2006 3:36 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 | I’m having a bit of a time lining things up when I put the radiator in my 39. The piece that goes across the top of the radiator support (radiator support rods attach to this) doesn’t fit correctly. The radiator sticks up about ¼” to far keeping it from fitting correctly. It appears that the radiator is just setting up to high and it would be easy to elongate the mounting holes a bit to drop it down. I’m hesitant about starting to hack away before I’ve investigated all possibilities. I’ve looked at two 39s.(including mine) In both, the radiator was bolted to the front of the radiator support bracket instead of the back and in both there appears to have already been some creative cutting and bending to get things together. Is this alignment problem common? Did this radiator fit a variety of years and models with possible slight differences? Is it time to be creative? | | |
#56530 02/14/2006 3:50 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Try going to the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America site. Register & post your question in the correct year forum. I'm simply amazed at the knowledge these folks have. http://vccachat.org/
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#56531 02/14/2006 4:20 PM | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 424 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2000 Posts: 424 | Are you sure it's the right radiator? Was it in the truck or did it come with in a pile of parts? Check the part number and the date code, date should have a 38,39 or 40 and a letter (month). If it's a passenger car radiator or '41-'46 truck radiator that might explain the trouble. | | |
#56532 02/14/2006 7:05 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 | Nope, not certain that it is the correct radiator. The radiator was in the truck when a got it and most of the truck is pretty much un-adulterated but who knows. That’s one of the reasons I ask. It looks correct and similar to the only other 39 that I have access to. I remember seeing Harrison stamped on it and some numbers. I’ll take a look at the numbers and see what sense I can make of them.
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#56533 02/15/2006 8:45 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 | Barry, I think you got. I looked at the codes on the radiator. One number was 46M. Under that number there was the number 3113455. So.... I assume that I have a 46 radiator (month of misery?) in my 39. Is that the way you read it? You are one of the few people who has possibly seen these two different radiators side by side. What kind of differences are we talking about? They can't be to different. Unless someone is interested in an even trade, I think I'm back to modifying the mounting flanges. So much for thinking that I at least had a good radiator.
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