Revert to Factory Engine Cooling
I'm having to resurect this issue. Now that I'm getting around to installing the rebuilt radiator, i'm having a devil of a time getting the right fit into the core support and making the mounting holes line up. It seems like the radiator is sitting about 1/2" too high. The bolt holes don't line up vertically, and there's a slight misalignment horizontally on the top holes.
In these photos, the radiator is sitting down on the lower core support. Since then, I've installed the brace that goes from the k-member to the core support, so there a bolt head underneath the bottom tank that exacerbates the problem.
Since I don't know what the part number is on this radiator, I can't say for sure if it is the correct one for the '68 Dart 340 w/4 spd and AC. It was in the car when I bought it many moons ago; I just don't remember how well it fit before I disassembled it. The photos that I took during disassembly look like it fit OK. I'm scratching my head wondering if there were some slight dimensional changes made when they re-cored, but I can't imaging how that could happen.
I've considered just re-drilling some mounting holes in the radiator frame and mounting it as-is. However, I don't have fenders or hood on the car yet, so I can't measure hood clearance.
Where to do from here???
In an earlier reply, Mattax had a custom radiator made with a '68 bubble top (like the one I have) and a '70 square bottom tank to get more vertical clearance.
I'm having to resurect this issue. Now that I'm getting around to installing the rebuilt radiator, i'm having a devil of a time getting the right fit into the core support and making the mounting holes line up. It seems like the radiator is sitting about 1/2" too high. The bolt holes don't line up vertically, and there's a slight misalignment horizontally on the top holes.
In these photos, the radiator is sitting down on the lower core support. Since then, I've installed the brace that goes from the k-member to the core support, so there a bolt head underneath the bottom tank that exacerbates the problem.
Since I don't know what the part number is on this radiator, I can't say for sure if it is the correct one for the '68 Dart 340 w/4 spd and AC. It was in the car when I bought it many moons ago; I just don't remember how well it fit before I disassembled it. The photos that I took during disassembly look like it fit OK. I'm scratching my head wondering if there were some slight dimensional changes made when they re-cored, but I can't imaging how that could happen.
I've considered just re-drilling some mounting holes in the radiator frame and mounting it as-is. However, I don't have fenders or hood on the car yet, so I can't measure hood clearance.
Where to do from here???
In an earlier reply, Mattax had a custom radiator made with a '68 bubble top (like the one I have) and a '70 square bottom tank to get more vertical clearance.