30s hotrods with radiator in rear

Lets see pics tech info,ideas, how to info. thanks!

 

O.K. Mickey I'll try ,what are you wanting to build??? Mine is a 65 mid engine Corvair and the rad is in the trunk/engine bay an a bitch to keep below 210.I know i have see some 30's trucks with the rad in the bed, maybe a little BUMP will help ya

 

I don't have a pic for you but I can describe what a friend of mine did. He used a set of Ford Taurus fans on a decent sized radiator. It was mounted at an angle, like a 45 behind the cab of a 27ish Ford. It's cooling a twin turbo'd small block Chevy. If I dig up a pic I will share.

 

Just remembered its on the cover of Overkill magazine.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=804467
See post #43, Littleman's coupe

 

Thanks guys. Voodoo Larry built a Model A with rear rad. Was just a thought for mine. Wondering if any of you have done this or have some ideas on just how it is done, and what components ?

 

No not smart to do that,it will hert you......................and your car,if it's a hotrod don't.
Very poor air flow,poor water flow,lots of airpockets,lots of places for hoses and things to come apart or brake,can burn you in more ways the we got room to list. In a truck or other nohotrod thing you have more room to try and avoid prob. Still not a good idea an dose not look smart anyway

 

mounted the radiator in the rear of my '37 chevy truck. check my albums for pics (can't upload pics for some security reason). I used a hydraulic motor for the fan run by the power steering pump so the fan runs always and doesn't use electrical power. it's not inside a trunk but still doesn't get a lot of air flow, being directly behind the cab.

 

youngsspeed. Are you using the water pump on the engine only for flow or other set up??

 

I have a rear mounted rad in my OT rock crawler and it works very well.

I am just using the stock water pump

I welded up exhaust pipe for the lines and have an electric fan out of a ford taurus on it and it cools the v8 and the tranny cooler just fine. And I have punished this setup a lot.

These are the only 2 pics I have. The rad is mounted on an angle.

 

Littleman has some bad ass builds on here though i never seen that one ,if you look just in front of the rear wheel you can see what looks like a air intake for the rad and i bet there is a lot of brass or copper tubing involved for coolant (antifreeze) or water at the drag strip

 

Somewhere, i have an American magazine with an artical on an OT radical hot rod, called The Tubester. Its a red early Ford, i think, and its running two small radiators, behind the cab. Theres also two large curved airscoops, on each side of the cab, directing air into the radiators.