Put a Champion 526 radiator in a 71 swinger?

72bluNblu said
There was a member here that had a Champion radiator that was stamped "374B" that had to modify his lower core support to get it to fit, but I haven't seen anyone else that's needed to do that, and there's quite a few people running the CC374 (although technically it's an E-body radiator).

Here's what I did:

I massaged the driver's corner of the lower radiator support with a dead blow hammer. I only did this because mine was actually damaged, it had a dent from hitting something. But I did do that, so maybe I added some clearance. Doubtful.

Ditto dead blow to driver's side where it squares up. Some more where it was dented. Paint stick. 4 new holes. 71 swinger. Looked way to tall to clear. Put hood on. put clay on radiator cap. Have 1/2" clearance to hood. I ordered the 374 and received one stamped CC374B. I did not record the difference, but it was taller than advertised by about an inch with the cap on. I gained 1/2 an inch back with the dead blow hammer. Hope this is helpful.