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Old 05-02-2024, 09:43 PM
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I don't think that are many rad shops left around here, cheap Chinese imports are killing them.
 
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Old 05-02-2024, 09:45 PM
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I have a Chinese one in my pickup and it's been good so far..
 
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Old 05-02-2024, 10:09 PM
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Not sure if mine has a Chinese core in it or not.
 
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Old 05-02-2024, 10:43 PM
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That was my experience, John as radiators changed from Copper to Aluminum. ... All that stuff is getting horded.




This is what is happening all over the States now. 1 - 1/2 mile from me this retro's roll up door is open to the public all afternoon to see it when they come home from work. My neighbor starts a 36 Ford up every Saturday morning, runs it hard warming it up, loud pipes, so all the neighbors know he is leaving for another car show in a rural town. It's how it goes down. Rural is what car lovers are about ! Yea.

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A company sells old barn dust by the 5-gallon bucket.
The catch is to turn an old $500 junker into a $25,000 barn find.
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 05:07 AM
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Morning All, Local rad shop is gone here too. I know a few people who’ve used new all aluminum rads, no issues. I’ve replaced 3 or 4 rads with new aluminum / plastic tank rads myself, no idea where they were made, no issues so far. My dad just used a new all aluminum, I thought it looked good. Beautiful welds on it.
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 08:56 AM
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A copper radiator for this truck is almost $1,000 US , I have two old ones here neither one I would use and not sure if you could trust the tanks on them. I'll likely get what I put in the pickup again..
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 05:25 PM
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Close to $1,000 US is insane!
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 06:21 PM
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That's why I'll buy the Chinese one for about half that price.. I got the crankshaft put in the block today..
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 07:07 PM
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Evening All. $1,000 is pricey, doesn’t surprise me. Copper and brass are nice for a full resto.
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 07:11 PM
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I paid over $600 back when I did my panel,that was about 12 years ago..
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 07:13 PM
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Was that for aluminum or brass, copper?
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 07:14 PM
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That was a copper one, the aluminum one I put in the pickup was around $400, likely closer to $500 now..
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 07:17 PM
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Lots of the old copper probably got sold for scrap value.. it was worth quite a bit a few yrs ago.
 
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Old 05-03-2024, 07:27 PM
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There an outfit in Minnesota that makes an aluminum one that looks like the original copper one but won't ship to Canada..$249 US
 
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That’s not a bad price actually, pain for shipping though. I could always get something like that here and ship it to you if that ever helps.
 


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