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Any of you guys ever see/have a radiator...

look like it sustained a couple 12-gauge round impacts? :hick:
 

 
What I hate is in the above picture is the radiator looks GREAT. Seriously, folks. It looks.....oh roughly ~121,164,456,434,500,555,998 times worse in person. I mean...if it was possible (not to mention common enough for it to be defined by law) for a car radiator to be murdered...this is what it would look like.
 
 
 

 
That was caused by me accidentally LIGHTLY bumping it against the '38's solid steel chrome front bumper when moving it. Like I was sifting friggin sand or something!
 
 
Now for some GOOD stuff!!!

 
Nice clean SOLID with-all-paint-intact radiator. Got it from a local guy, along with a 3-core or 3-row or 3-whatever radiator (also for a stang like this one)....for $75 grand total. Sittin in his basp00get for like 6 months and he wanted them to move the hell out already! So I'll prolly 'bay the other one and even if I don't get much it will still be a win!!! The one in the car he bought like 7-8 months ago new from the dealer. It's real solid and clean, he said it worked perfectly, no clogs or leaks.
 
And finally for the hell of it
 

 
 
I gotta post a pic of the box for this thing. Like circa 1985 Hayden tranny cooler. Dad bought it for the 87 tbird he had new. Towed a trailer at times. It got wrecked shortly though...so this never was neeed :hick: It came with only one adpater to a rubber hose, though so I gotta wait to hook it up 'til I get another :giggle: But at least it's ready and mounted.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #1 –
The rad in my 88 van had holes like that.
I didn't want to buy a new one because I was going to get a new van.
So I was soldering them till I sold it.
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Was the radiator in a car when shotgunned?  If "yes", then you owe us a story before proceeding.
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HAHA well I'm guessing it's just road salt over 20 years. Still seems odd but that's all I can think of. Those fins were just all REALLY worn away and corroded, like green and RED too (huh? lol) and weak and just the air moving across blew them right away.
 
I mean my dad did rear-end someone at like 5 mph in this car. No structural damage just scuffed the trim paint off the bumper exposing the yellow and cracking up the grille and lights...I wouldnt think the rad got pushed into the fan??? Who knows....all I care is that P--O--S is gone and I'm good to go :D
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Any of you guys ever see/have a radiator...

Reply #4 –
i got 1 hayden e-fan and i think my trans cooler is a hayden also looks nice good job.
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1987 T-Bird AEROBIRD-GT had many many mods but is now totaled and is the car that made me want to start customizing everything all over again.
1988 T-Bird 5.0 HO DD/Sleeper/next project car :birdsmily:
1988 Cougar XR7 5.0 HO Vortech Supercharged being bulit right now :cougarsmily:

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Reply #5 –
I thnk I can trump that:



I made it to cat jam and back with no problems with it like that....  and you can see it was leaking at the time too.

Any of you guys ever see/have a radiator...

Reply #6 –
Amazing. I really can't believe how pily some stuff is built today (really yesterday in this case!) Copper and brass I thought that stuff wasn't supposed to corrode or anything????
 
The radiator in my '38 Buick is 100% SOLID. It looks old alright but it's like a tank. Oh well maybe I can keep this one up nice. It certainly won't see 120+ thousand miles of usage!
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Any of you guys ever see/have a radiator...

Reply #7 –
Mine was the original from '88 with over 250XXXkms on it... I thought that was pretty good... :dunno:

Any of you guys ever see/have a radiator...

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Quote from: 1WLD BRD;203422
I thnk I can trump that:



I made it to cat jam and back with no problems with it like that....  and you can see it was leaking at the time too.


eeeeewwwwww... Nasty.

Any of you guys ever see/have a radiator...

Reply #9 –
Actually plastic / aluminum radiators seem to last longer than the copper ones.
One 88

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Reply #10 –
Right I was thinking about it and really the NEW stuff, not new when THESE were new, is better, as you said aluminum + plastic.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Any of you guys ever see/have a radiator...

Reply #11 –
plastic ones crack way too easy IMO
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1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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Nothing is perfect!
1987 Cougar XR7 5.0 SOLD
1992 Ranger 4.0
2018 Hyundai Elantra
2019 Ram Rebel

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I put a Modine plastic & aluminum radiator in my car from Napa. Cools great and only cost $120. The copper-brass ones are getting hard to find.
1988 Thunderbird
306 HO w/ A9P processor
AOD w/ Transgo Reprogrammer
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Reply #14 –
Honestly I would like one of those....but this is factory correct so I gotta have it.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane