Thanks for any help- Mike

 

3 or 4 core?

 

There should be a thread here showing the diffs
The HD-cooling one has two rounded arcs formed into the top center.

I probably have a spare std-cooling one.

 

I'm flexible. Car came with AC yet is a standard 400, automatic with freeway gears. Top plate was missing when I purchased car- I'm open to 3 or 4 row….as long as it's correct for '68 442 that's as close as I need to get.
The motor will be completely stock and driven easy with a burn out here and there as needed to relieve stress.
Thanks

 

It'll take me a while to scout such a part
anyone else got one handy?

 

I've got a standard cooling one for $30 + shipping.

 

shamusj
you should probably jump on that
I can't even drive out to the remote site for under $20
So, my part would have to be like $50 to make it worth my while
and, with the ice/ snow/ rain/ flooding, it'd take me weeks to get to it now.

allyolds68 is a certified Great Supplier, so no worries there.

 

Thanks Chris


shamus is on it. He's waiting on me for a shipping quote

 

Hey Mike could you post a pic of that upper support please? TIA, Brett

 

I have a 68 3 core also if anyone else needs one.

 

68 Standard Top Plate





68 Faux Core Top Plate

 

lower '68 4-row plate looks right to me
Is the center really offset like that? Never noticed.

The top photo, with that squared off protrusion on the top center aft surface- are you sure that is a '68 item?
I guess so:

Found a few of the file photos

12325_67-F85topplate.jpg

12325_68-L84rowtopplate.jpg

12325_683rowtopplate.jpg

12325_68-E4Rowtopplate.jpg

 

The top one is the same as the one you have a pic of (your third pic).


The bottom is a "recreation" from a 67 top plate. The saddles are 2 row on it and it's still taking some tweaking to get it to fit my single row aluminum radiator. I haven't gotten it to fit quite right yet. The fan shroud gets pushed too close to my fan when I use it. I've got to either use a slightly smaller fan spacer or shim the fan shroud a little forward. The latter will require slotting the holes in the top plate. I'd prefer not to do that as it will not "appear" to be a real 4 core.


I've pretty much convinced myself that a 68 4 core top plate is just a 66-67 with larger saddles, a cope out of the front passenger side, a couple extra holes in it, and a spot welded hose clamp on the top. The "extra holes" you have with the ??? marks are the revised holes to fit the 68 fan shroud.

 

Thank you both {Mike & Chris}. Very much appreciated as the WAC site's [excellent] Oldsmobile resource lists the numbers but not pic's of all variants. Brett