Re: [Amc-list] Radiators

[William D Clevenger <billclev1@xxxxxxxx>]

I have a new set of 14" AMC wire hubcaps for sale.
Bill
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:13:02 -0600 Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> 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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