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Nov 5, 2007 | 02:11 PM

Sully1882

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radiator questions for 1972

so as you all surely remember I wrecked my 72 350 4spd coupe on my birthday back in september... a generous friend donated his original radiator and add on electric fan setup from his 72 350 auto coupe. Problem is is that the shop just called and said the radiator is too thick and won't work.... was there a difference in the mounting brackets or what... are they pulling my leg? Surely someone has dealt with this before...

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sully

Nov 5, 2007 | 02:21 PM

Durango_Boy

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Here is a Dewitts '72 350 Auto radiator:

...and the Dewitts '72 350 Manual radiator:

They look pretty much the same to me.

Nov 5, 2007 | 02:32 PM

72LS1Vette

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If you have a 350 4-speed w/o AC your original radiator looked like this:

http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=248

The AC cars had different radiators as did the big blocks.

The link I posted is for the restoration radiator but there is a Direct Fit model available also.

Rick B.

Nov 5, 2007 | 02:39 PM

Sully1882

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nope not it...

mine 72 4spd 350 w/ AC

replacement radiator from a 72 auto 350 w/ AC

and the shop says the radiator is too thick... sorry I left the AC info out, my bad as I knew better...

thanks ,

Sully

Nov 5, 2007 | 02:50 PM

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St. Jude Donor '07

You probably just need the rubber cushions for the thicker radiator.

Nov 5, 2007 | 03:08 PM

Sully1882

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thanks...

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Originally Posted by I'm Batman

You probably just need the rubber cushions for the thicker radiator.

ya know... i hope it's that easy...

Nov 5, 2007 | 06:03 PM

0Tom@Dewitt

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sully1882

ya know... i hope it's that easy...

it's not....first I'd have the shop define "too thick". Does that mean the U brackets are spaced out correctly but won't fit over the radiator? Or does it mean the new radiator is longer?

Nov 5, 2007 | 06:52 PM

Sully1882

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom DeWitt

it's not....first I'd have the shop define "too thick". Does that mean the U brackets are spaced out correctly but won't fit over the radiator? Or does it mean the new radiator is longer?

I'm going to go by the shop first chance I get, Wednesday, and look at what they are trying to say. Tom... I'm probably just going to end up getting a new aluminum direct fit from you.... it's what I wanted anyways...

Sully