Re coring radiators...

[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 .

[RichardT10829]

Do they just put a new core in and keep your header tanks, or is it a full new job ?

[shaun]

Just a new core , kept the original top and bottom tanks

[Rob Beale]

I haven't looked closely at UC radiators as they are usually hidden behind the engine covers, and I rarely drive them.
The LP2 top mounts are a pair of rods bolted to the upper side plates of the radiator and fitted with nuts each side of holes through the bulkhead.
You will be back in NZ before I need to fit a radiator in the UC1*

[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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[Lynn Eades]

Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder!

[Petr Brezina]

Yes, could be quite possibly Matford truck! Thanks for this!

[RichardT10829]

Right I have a company making me a new rad, can someone measure the top inlets on a Can/Brit carrier and tell me how far they stick out before bending down.... My originals were chopped so have no reference