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Old May 8, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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Wonder if someone have a good source for restoring radiators
need to restore my original427/435 radiator
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Old May 8, 2009 | 01:32 PM
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Good radiator shops are getting scarce. Give us a general location and maybe someone in your area can recommend one. You might also consider setting it aside if it's still decent and replacing it with a more efficient aluminum one. Dewitts (supporting vendor of this forum) sells one that is indistiguishable from the original if you paint it and works well. I have one in my 427/400 with A/C that does the job.

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Thanks for the answer
I have already replaced it with an DeWitt
but want the original working and restored
I can ship it all over USA as long as they do excellent workman ship

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PS> I checked the original DeWitt replacement toward my original and its to much of an difference in apperance
for example on my original 68 (which is an early edition) the connection tubes in and out are rounded all the way not in angle like DeWitts
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