Re coring radiators...

[Rob Beale]

So Lynn

What is the difference between an LP2 radiator and a UC apart from the filler cap details?
(I know the Ford CMP truck Radiators are similar except for the bottom outlets)
Rob

[Lynn Eades]

Hi Rob, The LP2 (and 2a) have the bottom spigots coming from the corner of the bottom tank (they are the middle option, not from the bottom or the back of the bottom tank. As you can see, the riveted carriers have the spigots coming from the rear of the tank.
The LP2 uses the separate pressed, commercial fan shroud, whereas the riveted carriers have an air dam as part of the side plates, which are notched to fit around the lower engine cover frame rails. They have been cut from the radiator in the pics I posted.
The fan shroud for these carriers is a three piece carrier specific shroud ( in addition to the pieces inside the forward engine bed rails)
The LP2 has short straight top spigots while the other carriers have the curved down ones.
As far as I know the LP2s all have the tropical radiators (with the extra part row of tubes at the front) I think the riveted carriers can be either or.
The riveted carriers have a bellows type pressure cap (any one got a spare?) while the Australasian carriers have an adjustable pressure valve in the overflow tube.
I cannot recall the details of the LP2 top mount, but the Northern hemisphere ones are flat with a slight downward bend where they bolt to a fabricated top mount.
I would have guessed that you knew all of this (and more than I do on the LP2 type )

[Petr Brezina]

Hi Lynn, what about this one? Could be correct for the Mk.III?

[Lynn Eades]

Petr, I have no idea! Never seen that type before. Does it carry a part number on that plate on the l/h side?

[Petr Brezina]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Petr, I have no idea! Never seen that type before. Does it carry a part number on that plate on the l/h side?

Lynn, there is "FORD GEFA 8242?" on the brass rectangular plate on front top right corner.
On the back side there is a copper slider bar (upside down) marked "Chausson Garantie No. 1773306".
Chausson is a french automotive company, right?
So, another mystery part on my carrier

[RichardT10829]

I have found a company that makes nice ally rads but the header tank is different in that it's thinner and does not have the over hang with the indent for the fan... They are three core high performance type affairs but not sure if the fan will fit without striking the hoses...

[shaun]

Richie , I had mine rebuilt by Express radiators . They have done many rads for me . They can do most jobs including filler necks .

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Petr Brezina

Lynn, there is "FORD GEFA 8242?" on the brass rectangular plate on front top right corner.
On the back side there is a copper slider bar (upside down) marked "Chausson Garantie No. 1773306".
Chausson is a french automotive company, right?
So, another mystery part on my carrier

Judging by the filler neck I'd say Matford truck, perhaps brought to Czechoslovakia by the Wehrmacht. Someone may want this radiator so it would be worth putting on ebay.

http://www.german.o5m6.de/matford.html


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[Lynn Eades]

For the northern guys in cooler climates, Rob's photo shows the tropical core (as Chris V. said, "four and a half") I think these cores are also used in CMP Ford trucks? While I'm being unsure, I think the trucks have the bottom spigots exiting from the bottom of the bottom tank.

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

Judging by the filler neck I'd say Matford truck

Another possibility would be post-war Simca truck, which probably retained the angled filler neck. Simca took over Matford after the war and continued producing flatheads until the '60s, for the Vedette and for their trucks.

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