Re: [Amc-list] Radiators

[Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I totally agree.  I ignored all of the variations (standard duty, medium duty, 
heavy duty, etc.) and lumped everything together.  The models listed are the 
ones where the radiator would just bolt right in.  (That's what I meant by 
direct fit.)  With some testing this would probably fit even more cars.  

The biggest issue I see is the brackets.  The radiator in my wife's Javelin 
was made for one of the small cars.  It's all I could get at the time.  The 
brackets face the wrong way.  I just made some spacers with 1/2" electrical 
conduit and used some long bolts.  You can't even tell unless you look really 
close.  

Doing the opposite strikes me as a lot harder.  Putting a Spirit radiator in a 
Javelin would be tough.  The removable brackets is a good idea.  Or just make 
two variations, one for each style of bracket.

Todd

On Wednesday 31 January 2007 16:58, Tom Jennings wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Todd Tomason wrote:
> > I looked this up in my Hollander's interchange manual.  If I'm reading
> > this right, a radiator for a 70 AMX should be a direct fit for the
> > following.
>
> This can be a bit deceiving though. When looking for a radiator
> for our 72 Hornet, we could not find the original number, but
> that turned out to be a weird, tiny little two-row thing, with
> huge, wide brackets to fit it into the car. AMC had small,
> normal, with AC, without AC, with auto, without auto, etc
> etc etc and probably parts with a diufferent number because
> it had one hole different than what that model called for ...
> and one replacement type radiator would fit nearly all those
> applications.
>
> So a "universal fit" AMC radiator would actually fit even more
> models than a numbers-only listing would indicate, and if you
> don't mind slight mods probably even more cars.
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