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October 9th, 2011, 08:29 PM
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There may have been a long strip of flattened out tubular foam rubber under the bottom rail of the radiator. This strip was placed so it ran between the two radiator saddles. The same thing was used on the top across the core and was sandwiched in below the underside of the radiator top plate.
'70-72 cars used these 2 long strips and my bet is the earlier cars had them as well. You'd have to check in an Assembly Manual to see.
There's a hole in the center of your radiator top plate...if it hasn't been removed you can see the foam piece through that hole (it fills up the hole or blocks it)....if it's missing you can pull your top plate and look for evidence of one having been there...maybe glue or a "pattern" in the paint on the top plate underside where this foam rubber piece was held in place.
If there was one on top then there was likely one along the bottom as well.
'70-72 cars used these 2 long strips and my bet is the earlier cars had them as well. You'd have to check in an Assembly Manual to see.
There's a hole in the center of your radiator top plate...if it hasn't been removed you can see the foam piece through that hole (it fills up the hole or blocks it)....if it's missing you can pull your top plate and look for evidence of one having been there...maybe glue or a "pattern" in the paint on the top plate underside where this foam rubber piece was held in place.
If there was one on top then there was likely one along the bottom as well.
October 9th, 2011, 08:42 PM
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There may have been a long strip of flattened out tubular foam rubber under the bottom rail of the radiator. This strip was placed so it ran between the two radiator saddles. The same thing was used on the top across the core and was sandwiched in below the underside of the radiator top plate.
'70-72 cars used these 2 long strips and my bet is the earlier cars had them as well. You'd have to check in an Assembly Manual to see.
There's a hole in the center of your radiator top plate...if it hasn't been removed you can see the foam piece through that hole (it fills up the hole or blocks it)....if it's missing you can pull your top plate and look for evidence of one having been there...maybe glue or a "pattern" in the paint on the top plate underside where this foam rubber piece was held in place.
If there was one on top then there was likely one along the bottom as well.
'70-72 cars used these 2 long strips and my bet is the earlier cars had them as well. You'd have to check in an Assembly Manual to see.
There's a hole in the center of your radiator top plate...if it hasn't been removed you can see the foam piece through that hole (it fills up the hole or blocks it)....if it's missing you can pull your top plate and look for evidence of one having been there...maybe glue or a "pattern" in the paint on the top plate underside where this foam rubber piece was held in place.
If there was one on top then there was likely one along the bottom as well.
So to be correct, they are there...do you need them? No. Depends on what type of "resto" you are doing. To be factory correct then you need them. - Sorry for the bad advice. I have changed my radiator which is why mine no longer has them.
October 10th, 2011, 04:30 AM
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Thanks for the replies, I'm getting an Alumitech radiator so I figured I would restore/replace all the components while I'm in there.
I didn't have those in there, gone long ago I'm sure.
Thanks again.
I didn't have those in there, gone long ago I'm sure.
Thanks again.
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