Airetime

Anyone here polish the top tank and ice black the rest? I am about ready to order and after taking a long look at what I want, I have decided that is the combo I want. Only the top tank would look good polished as I run a twin fan on it in the engine compartment and want it blacked out through the grill. It would be a real PITA to keep the bottom tank looking good if it was polished.

Anyone have a pic of this combo for me? Sometimes I think something looks good in my head but in real life?

firstgear

for my 63swc

inside - engine side


grill side

jkuzzy

That is insanely beautiful.

Airetime

Thanks for posting the pic Looks great! Do you have a pic of it installed?

The radiator that will going on my 59 has the filler tank on top with the other tank on the bottom (the reason that I want only the top polished). Anyone done that to their 58 or 59?

firstgear

I dont have this one installed yet, but I do have one in my 1960 as well. In that case I polished the top. It doesn't have the "chrome" plastic fan housing but rather it is black. I took black paint and sprayed the front so that there is a black out looking through the grill.

I will post photos tonight...can't get through the firewall to post.....

wow

Now that looks "ice" cool...

firstgear

here is the engine side of the radiator. I bought this before DeWitts offered the polishing and chrome fans....I would have upgraded then if they had it.





and painted black on the outside...I have seen aluminum radiators in cars that have not been painted and the problem IMO is that you see the aluminum color and it tends to take away from the rest of the car, almost a distraction IMO.....

jkuzzy

OK, I just gotta have one of those intakes. Wow.

Airetime

I received the Direct Fit radiator the other day and it looks great! I thought that the polishing was a bit rough at first but after polishing it myself, I found that the aluminum is very soft and will scratch easily. Simichrome to the rescue! I'll post some pics later. I had them polish only the top tank (1959 rad) and ice black the rest. Good people to work with. I will install it once I get my Bend Pak lift which should be here soon, I hope as the weather is getting nice.

lovevettes

I have a Dewitt radiator that I ordered unpainted, it looks just like Firstgears. In my '60. Its been in my car five years now. , before I installed it I sprayed Eastwoods "diamond clear" on it. It has never yellowed .
I didnt want any bugs to get into that beautiful radiator so I put a Anderson window screen in front of it . 25 5/8 " X 21 3/16 " O.D. . I made two "L" brackets for the bottom so that the screen would not keep on sliding down. I can pull it up with my fingers from the top to inspect / clean it.
Put a screen in my '64 , L76 also . That one measures 16 3/4" X 23" O.D. I can pull that one up from the top also.
Screens won't work with electric fans in front of the rad.

Dave64

Have you got any pictures of your screen installed? Come-on post 'em up...

sea1

Thinking about getting one of these dewitt's for my 60, do I need to run a differant fan or will the stock style work,motors insn't stock,340 hp on the dyno,runs about 200-205 and would like to get that down in the 190-195 range,ideas? Thanks,have'nt posted but I've been looking around here for a while,good site

1COOL60

I put a DeWitt's Direct Fit in my '60 several years ago. I am running a warmed-over 350. The temperature dropped around 20 degrees with no other changes. I use a viscous drive fan which has six (I think) blades.

Although 200-205 doesn't sound too bad, I would recommend the DeWitt radiator if you want to drop the temp. I don't think you need to change your fan.

sea1

Thanks for the info and I didn't mean to hi-jack this thread,I should have started a new one,thanks again

Airetime

The people over at Dewitts Radiator are decent to work with. If you have time, wait for the CF sale to save 10%. You can always ask for the Discount though. As far as the temp goes, I was running about 200 and after I installed it last week, it stayed at about 160 but I run twin electric fans with my 59. The power is a 1970 350/370 LT1 that I built back in 1973. I reworked it, bored to 355 and installed a 350/350 cam, rollers, headers, Keith Black pistons etc, etc. Probably about 360hp now. The Direct Fit is a high flow good up to 600HP according to Dewitt. So far, I feel comfortable with it.

sea1

Thanks for the info,I plan on ordering it soon,whens the CF sale?

Airetime

Last one was last fall and so they didn't do one in the spring, should be soon, I'd give them a call and ask. As I said they are decent to deal with.

Jackfit

Installed without paint

Jack