1969 Daily Driver
I have not posted in a while because nothing was wrong the car drives great ok mileage still working on that (18-20) right now. One day on the way home from Crower, remember that it is still 80+ degrees here in So Cal, i put on quite a show while in traffic. I am 40+ years old and have never had this happen to me before but the radiator blew. When I say it blew up it blew the bottom cap clean off. Funny thing is it never got hot before it blew and I only had a 16 pound radiator cap on it. It was the original and it gave almost 50 years of service so cant get mad at that. Car did not strand me either. I pulled over to make sure it was not the engine that spilled its guts. Once I saw that it was just the radiator I fired the ***** back up and drove it home, **** it. I want to see how tough these engines are.
Now we get into what this post is about, trying to get a radiator for this thing. Well our friendly auto parts store people are worthless, if it is not in the computer then they dont have it. Well I made the drive down there and opened a book.............dare I say a book. Now in the book it shows that A/C and cars with HD cooling have a bigger radiator, part #433497. This is also the same Radiator for a 1974 dart 225 with A/C in the computer so they can find it for you. Also get the upper hose because it is different and cut to fit but easy to do. Since this is my driver I want to try and get every MPG out as I can. I can tell you that at 65-70MPH it is turning some RPM and that propeller up front has to be sucking some sort of power so off it comes and in goes a 16" electric fan. A bonus is that the new radiator has a 3/8 pipe already tapped into it so that is perfect for a thermostatic switch. While I was at it I put in a new water pump and hoses all the way around. Enjoy the the pics.
I have not posted in a while because nothing was wrong the car drives great ok mileage still working on that (18-20) right now. One day on the way home from Crower, remember that it is still 80+ degrees here in So Cal, i put on quite a show while in traffic. I am 40+ years old and have never had this happen to me before but the radiator blew. When I say it blew up it blew the bottom cap clean off. Funny thing is it never got hot before it blew and I only had a 16 pound radiator cap on it. It was the original and it gave almost 50 years of service so cant get mad at that. Car did not strand me either. I pulled over to make sure it was not the engine that spilled its guts. Once I saw that it was just the radiator I fired the ***** back up and drove it home, **** it. I want to see how tough these engines are.
Now we get into what this post is about, trying to get a radiator for this thing. Well our friendly auto parts store people are worthless, if it is not in the computer then they dont have it. Well I made the drive down there and opened a book.............dare I say a book. Now in the book it shows that A/C and cars with HD cooling have a bigger radiator, part #433497. This is also the same Radiator for a 1974 dart 225 with A/C in the computer so they can find it for you. Also get the upper hose because it is different and cut to fit but easy to do. Since this is my driver I want to try and get every MPG out as I can. I can tell you that at 65-70MPH it is turning some RPM and that propeller up front has to be sucking some sort of power so off it comes and in goes a 16" electric fan. A bonus is that the new radiator has a 3/8 pipe already tapped into it so that is perfect for a thermostatic switch. While I was at it I put in a new water pump and hoses all the way around. Enjoy the the pics.