Rubber mounting radiator

I have my radiator mounted solid in my track T. A few have people have said that I should rubber mount it to prevent cracking. I have noticed that most cars have the radiator mounted in rubber. However my 51 ford with the stock radiator is mounted solid. The radiator is mounted just a few inches from the front cross member where there is no flexing. Should I be concerned?

 

Its not the flexing I would worry about. It's the constant vibration and occasional pot hole hit. Just some soft rubber pads at the mounting surfaces will dampen these issues.

 

If your radiator is mounted along the sides and bolted into the core support your good to go. If it's siting in some sort of saddle and retained by a clamp over the top (usually at the juncture of the core and end tanks) then make sure you have some sort of rubber cushion between the mount and the radiator, at the top AND the bottom.

Frank

 

It is bolted along the sides to the core support. Thank you.

 

Stock, the Ford radiator mount was balanced between two springs, one over and one under the frame tab.

You smarter than Henry??

Cosmo

 

Mine's bolted along the sides to the core support also on my '23 roadster. I put rubber grommets in the hole in the uprights where the mounting bolts go. Then I inserted a steel bushing in the grommet for the bolt to go through. That allowed me to completely tighten the mounting bolts without crushing the grommet. Allows for just the right amount of flexibility and vibration isolation.

Bob