[DeTomaso] radiator place says they can't make or get a new core for stock radiator

[Charles McCall]

Jack - the radiators I've seen are unrelated to shrouds - the shrouds are built around the fans, and could be installed on any flavor of radiator. 

On my former car, I bought a set of Flex-a-lite sucker fans that had shrouds built in, installed it, and never had a problem again sitting in traffic. I had overheating problems when standing still before, due to tired fans.

On my current car I have pusher fans, no shroud, and no temperature problems in traffic either

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Donahue [mailto:demongusta at gmail.com] 
Sent: miércoles, 24 de agosto de 2016 20:53
To: Charles McCall
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] radiator place says they can't make or get a new core for stock radiator

I have been “radiator shopping” and have had a lot of good tips from The List. I am grateful for that and am leaning to the copper/brass units for repairability and longevity. Aside from the extra weight, of which I don’t care too much about, It seems the aluminum radiators get cracks at the welds and leak - not all, since I currently have one w/o leaks. The Hall Radiator seems very popular but I wanted a shroud to “focus” the air. So here is where I need more info: feelings about shrouds. A good friend that does a lot of off-road racing absolutely swears by shrouds and I don’t think the Hall unit is shrouded. If people agree about the importance of a shroud, and Hall radiators don’t come with them, I guess I need to find someone that can build a shroud for it and incorporate the fans. I THINK - open ears here. I have also contacted The Brassworks as per another List email. They told me they built one for a Pantera owner and gave me his name, and I posted it here on The List, but no response so far. 
Always interested - 
jack
#4348
> On Aug 24, 2016, at 12:59 AM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   4 months ago I brought my radiator to a local shop. They kept the two
>   tanks on both ends and installed a brand new core. It wasn't cheap -
>   not all that less than a new radiator - but it was local, no shipping
>   fees, etc.A
> 
>   On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Pantdino via DeTomaso
>   <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>     A  A I know brass and copper radiators are going the way of the dodo
>     bird,
>     A  A but I thought a radiator core could be made any shape or size
>     that was
>     A  A needed.
>     A  A My radiator was recored in the early 1980's and did fine re
>     cooling,
>     A  A but finally developed a leak in the core.A  I took it to what
>     used to be
>     A  A a great radiator shop that has since become mainly a general
>     car repair
>     A  A place and they said they can't fix it.
>     A  A Anyone have their stock radiator recored lately?
>     A  A I know a lot of people go with aluminum rads, but I'd rather
>     keep the
>     A  A stock "frame" for appearances sake
>     A  A Jim Oddie (was bumped from the list recently because of too
>     many
>     A  A bounces, so I hope this goes thru)
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