[Bricklin] Bricklin Radiator

[John T. Blair]

At 12:28 AM 1/21/2015, you wrote:

 >I need to replace the Radiator on my 1975 Brick , it is a low 
milage (only 4K Mi) all original car.
 >I seem to recall that if you ordered a radiator for a 1974 amc 
matador with the v8 that was the
 >replacement part .  Can anyone tell me if that radiator is a drop 
in replacement or what was used as the
 >original radiator?

Mike,

If you really want to keep the car original, sort of.  I've heard the 
same thing, but it's NOT a drop in
replacement.  The radiator is supposedly from a Matador Coupe (a 
Modean 589 need relocate the
top inlet, I've been told the 589 is NLA, but that the Modine 579 
will work.)  I've
heard that the Redi-Rad is not as good as the Modean, and that a 4 
core block too
easily use 3 core.

So don't recommend you go at this lightly.  What I did, was pull my 
radiator, and took
it to a local radiator shop and had them "re-core" it.  Which means 
they pulled the
top & bottom tanks and then put a new core inbetween.  Tell the 
radiator shop what you
think about a replacement radiator and see what they say.

If you have had any overheating problems, you might want to use one 
of the aluminumn radiators that Terry, Les, & I think Bob sell.

Maybe someone like Rick will chime in here also.

John

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