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washington blue · 01-14-2021, 11:34 AM

Seems a lot of people like Champion, I've been looking at their site and they have a radiator for a 55 - 59 that looks like an exact replacement for the stock one. It has the mounts on the side just like stock and those mounts tilt the radiator back at the top just like the stock ones do. I would like to eliminate the "tilt rearward", this way the radiator will sit about one inch further forward. Problem is I can't weld aluminum. I have a Lincoln mark VIII variable rate 18 inch fan I would like to use with shroud, it fits nicely but it is kinda deep. Total depth of about 5 3/4 inches. If I can move the radiator forward about 1 inch it will fit so the radiator mounts need to be changed. Thanks for all the info guys.

01-14-2021, 11:34 AM	#11
washington blue Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Not far from Sioux Falls South Dakota Posts: 328	Re: Going to need a new radiator. Seems a lot of people like Champion, I've been looking at their site and they have a radiator for a 55 - 59 that looks like an exact replacement for the stock one. It has the mounts on the side just like stock and those mounts tilt the radiator back at the top just like the stock ones do. I would like to eliminate the "tilt rearward", this way the radiator will sit about one inch further forward. Problem is I can't weld aluminum. I have a Lincoln mark VIII variable rate 18 inch fan I would like to use with shroud, it fits nicely but it is kinda deep. Total depth of about 5 3/4 inches. If I can move the radiator forward about 1 inch it will fit so the radiator mounts need to be changed. Thanks for all the info guys.