Radiators

I been lurking this site for over a year now. Currently building a 29' tudor. I plan on running a 32' grill shell using a chevy 350, from experience what radiator fits best on those grill shells?? thanks, Louie

 

I have found that Walker radiators FIT the original 32 Ford shells PERFECTLY

You might want to consider using a ZIP's raised water pump riser also ...
So you can use a large mechanical fan.





Add a Walker fan shroud on the back of the Walker radiator ... and you are all set



Mine runs 180 degrees ... ( right on the 180 thermostat ) in traffic, on the highway ... where ever ... even just sitting still in traffic for 20/30 minutes ... ( like coming out of the NSRA Nationals

 

I'm using a '65 Mustang Radiator in my '29 shell. Fits good and the price is around $150 compared to Walker's $450. You might want to compare '32 and '29 shell dimensions. Good Luck on your project....Steve

 

A '29 cowl is not as tall as the later model A's and will not line up with a 32 shell. The radiator and shell will be taller then the 29 cowl and I think it will look rather strange. A hood would also not fit. You could run a shortened 32 shell and radiator. I have a 29 coupe and run a 29 radiator from Walker and stock shell and don't need that riser shown in another post.
Red

 

'64 Mustang radiator in my '32 shell, it was less than $50 on eBay. If you run a Mustang radiator it will take some fabbing to mount it and make it look OK. The search function is your friend.

 

Thanks for the help. About the 64-65 mustangs. I heard the v6 ones dont cool enough and the v8 radiators are too big, so which ones are good ones, the v7's??? ha ha ha. thanks for the help again.. Louie

 

1965 Mustang v8 Radiator works great. $130 at Autozone..

 

Im running a lowboy 32 shell with a 65 mustang radiator.