66 Valiant slant six radiator upgrade/swap

1963dartgt,
One thing I would add, if you check out the last photo, you will notice the lower hose end was chopped off a bit to fit. It turns out this was not necessary, but when I was test fitting I thought it was too long. You can leave the lower 1-3/4 hose end alone and it will fit fine. Once I shortened the upper hose end, I greased up both fittings and hose ends to help get things in place. I installed the water pump end first, then lowered the radiator in place and secured it. Then I worked the lower hose end on the radiator fitting. That last photo also shows a corrugated protective sleeve that I cut down and left in place, as this is a pretty tight fit. I figured it couldn't hurt, and it came as part of the hose from NAPA.