A friend paid $600 to have the radiator in his 57 Chevy recored locally. I told him that he could have probably bought TWO new radiators for that price. He didn't care, he wanted HIS radiator in HIS car. I think it looks like crap to be honest with the black radiator paint looking like a pre-school art project, but it's his car and I don't tell people how to spend their money. I just smiled and said Nice!
I'm guessing your young? Radiators in our old hot rods were all painted radiator black. I had my original 3 core radiator rodded out in my 69 Dart and you guessed it, painted radiator black. Cools like a new one.
