[Spridgets] Beautiful '59 Bug Eye on eBay. . But 1275 Engine?

robertduquette at sympatico.ca robertduquette at sympatico.ca
Thu Apr 30 10:56:08 MDT 2009


The '67's ( or perhaps early '67's? ) came with a 1275 and the earlier rad.



And, I believe that the sensor was in the rad.



RD


> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:52:00 -0500
> From: bmwwxman at gmail.com
>
> Lin,
>
> Most of the 1275 cars that I have seen have the temperature sensor in the
> side of the engine, not in the radiator. I think it is common for those who
> install a 1275 into a BE to keep the original BE radiator which is
different
> than the radiator that came with the 1275s.
> The 1275 cars used cross flow radiators. The BE used a downflow radiator
> with a big tank at the top. Your radiator is original BE but NOT original
> 1275.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Linda Grunthaner
> <grunthaner at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > My 1275 has the original radiator with the heat temp indicator on the
side
> > of the radiator. Isn't that how both the 948 & the 1275 did it? I do
> > understand I need to put that on the block to read how the engine temp is
> > which I will change later.
> > Lin


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