Re: radiators for a Hornet

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops, that's Midway, CA.

Joe Fulton


--- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm having a hell of a time with what I thought
> would be a
> no-brainer.
> 
> I need a new radiator in my 70 Hornet. The one in
> there is just
> some thing I had laying around in the yard, core is
> 24.25 x 14 x
> 1.25 (two-row), Modine, 3180684, which I think is an
> AMC number.
> It's a perfect fit, but a taller radiator (17")
> would fit.
> 
> www.radiators.com says that number is no longer in
> production
> (their #268).  I've always heard good things about
> them, but I'm
> skeptical that they don't have a part for a car made
> for 18 years
> and combines two cars (Hornet and Gremlin).
> 
> When the guy on the phone looked it up by
> application, he first
> insisted that the top hose was on the drivers side
> and bottom on
> the passenger side; he next came up with a side-tank
> part that
> turned out to be a camaro part. None of this fills
> me with
> confidence.
> 
> I've got two-row but want three. Has anyone bought
> one recently?
> 
> I was (foolishly) assuming I could get a new
> replacement for $150
> or so, but it looks like $300 or more. Is this
> really so?
> 
> My current one is old and has a seep, but I can wait
> a week
> or two to mailorder.
> 
> In the past I would have one repaired, but I don't
> trust most
> radiator shops (with all the new plastic systems the
> solder guys
> have become bottom feeders) and I don't know of a
> good one. Too
> many times I have problems a year later.
> 
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