<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I was recently quoted $450 to recore a Mk.1 MGB radiator. So it has become rather costly. But if you are a stickler for the original appearance, and want to insure a perfect fit, I think that is how you would want to go.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That said, I wound up with the Moss Motors premium aluminum radiator, and it fit fine, and seems to work great. I painted it black so it didn’t stand out as a foreign object, and can’t be seen through the grill (this really bugs me when I see it on other cars).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 2, 2019, at 6:53 AM, David Breneman via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydp574db6a3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">With what I paid, $100 was a rounding error (and he ended up doing</div><div class="">a lot of work for free, because it was a fixed-price job and he's a</div><div class="">perfectionist). But it's not the first time I'd heard of this problem</div><div class="">with new radiators. A lot of people complain about cooling issues <br class=""></div><div class="">with their MGAs. I've never had a problem, even with weather in <br class=""></div><div class="">the 80s. And if it's hotter than that, I overheat long before the</div><div class="">car would.<br class=""></div></div><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="ydp574db6a3signature">David Breneman <a href="mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com" class="">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a></div></div>
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On Thursday, May 2, 2019, 12:41:14 AM PDT, PaulHunt73 <<a href="mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com" class="">paulhunt73@virginmedia.com</a>> wrote:
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<div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hmmm. With my cynical hat on I'd say that could be a way of spending $400 <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">rather than $300.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">PaulH.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">----- Original Message ----- <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> When I got my MGA restored, the mechanic recommended rebuilding the<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> original radiator rather then buying a replacement, because the new ones<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> have fewer "tubes" (whatever the actual term is in radiator-speak) in them<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> than the originals, so there is less surface area for cooling. <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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