Larry,
Glad to hear that your LeBaron is coming along. It sounds like you are starting
out in "all the right places".
As for the radiator, I have two '60 models. One of them has a replacement core,
and the other one is original. The difference is that both of my cars have
factory air, so I don't know if they would match your radiator specification or
not. Even so, I am not sure how to find an answer to your question unless one
were to actually count the fins and tubes.
It would seem that when your core was replaced (how do you know this?) that it
would have been matched up with one that was equal or better than the one it
originally had. I think this would be true unless the entire radiator was
replaced late in the car's life and was done somehow incorrectly to save money.
This would be obvious.
If the original top tank and lower tank were used, there are only a few options
that you would have to reuse them based on size and what would fit. It never
hurts to increase capacity, so if you are concerned, it would seem that you
could duplicate what it had, or go for a bit more capacity.
I don't know about your country, but I am pretty sure that radiator shops in
this the U.S. can look up this type of information in their replacement
manuals. Type "radiator" in your search engine and see if you get any leads on
information.
Enjoy your car!
Paul
In a message dated 2/23/2004 2:16:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lrblomberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> To the Webmaster - I am sending you this copy as the original did not appear
>on my incoming email when I sent it to the Club. I dod not know if it has been
>received or not. I may be having a problem posting from Yahoo now as well as
>my other email address. Can you confirm to me that this has been received
>please and possibly post it to the Club mail if my original did not arrive.
>
> Thanks
>
> Larry
>
> Hi to all
>
> Well my 1960 Imp is settling in to her new address in Sydney and I am slowly
>replacing parts so I can start the engine up in a couple of weeks time. I have
>already or I am in the process of replacing, Air filter, Oil Filter, Petrol
>Filter, Radiator hoses, Heater hoses, Spark plugs (What do some of you
>recommended here) Soft Fuel lines. I have dropped the Petrol tank to clean and
>taken the radiator to be re - cored. There are some options for me for the
>radiator. There is no doubt that it needs major work however we were
>discussing the specs of the fins etc. The core in her now is not original so
>we don't know if she has been cooling to her original specs.
>
> Here is today's question - Can someone let me know what the
>specs/configuration of the core was for the 1960 Imperial, no. of fin rows
>etc.
>
> The first part of "The Story" is completed and will be posted to a webmaster
>soon. It's about why I bought an Imperial, how, where etc etc and the saga of
>bringing her down under. That's it for now and I hope someone can help with my
> question.
>
> Stay Safe
>
> Larry Blomberg
> (1960 LeBaron Sedan)
>
>
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