1960 Valiant Restore: advice welcomed.

....and none of the aluminum radiators I've seen fit as good as the stock factory style. I had an aluminum one in Vixen for a while. I got it cheap in a scratch and dent sale. There was NO WAY it would slide down into the core without the fins hitting the fan blades. It was just a poor fit. I was given a stock three row by a generous friend and it fits like a glove.
you'll get no argument from me there.

maybe a high end alum. unit on the later 67+ cars, but for the early stuff nothing really fits as well as the stock unit. add in the uniqueness of the early early road toad and i can foresee just all kinds of pain in the assedness little fitment issues.