NEW TOY: 1960 pontiac catalina safari wagon

Anyone have a knowledge of the pontiacs of this year? I have a 60 safari wagon, and the radiator is in rather poor condition. I need to find a replacement/make something else work. The issue is there is an extra hose that comes from the p***enger side head, to an extra inlet on the lower p***enger side of the radiator. I have no clue what to do to replace this radiator, considering i cant find a large amount of replacement parts for this rare boat.

Any info/suggestions is greatly appreciated!

daveyshumard

 

if your tanks are good take the rad to a local radiator shop and get it recored

 

Ditto on that one.
My 57 has the same set up, recore, and enjoy the savings!
KK

 

The nearest radiator shop i know of is over 2 hrs. Away. What will the cost of recoring be?

 

well around here about 250.00 depends on the cores size and number of cooling fins per inch and size /number of core tubes

 

wow. by the time i drove it up, got the work done, and then drove back up to get it i would have roughly 500 bux in the thing. i believe i will continue to look for a replacement. The original core is poorly designed anyway. It takes only a minor bump to split it wide open. the tubes arent very well protected from contact on either side, i'm ***uming thats why it has 5 or 6 patch jobs on it...

 

Surfs up lil bro. Sounds cool, good shop here, but I know it's not much help. You might check some of the cross breeds of the time, Buick, Olds, ect.

 

Radiator shops are going away at an alarming rate! Guess the cheaper replacements are doing them in.

 

A good shop will need 4/5 hundred for a good br***/copper recore these days. I personally can't abide by aluminum radiators.