Thread: Mounting Grill on Model A

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It's good to be back to normal, so I'll re-post this:

On my Model A, it has the grill shell held down with 1 bolt, and the radiator just sitting on the frame. Tranny oil cooler is dangling from the drain petcock on the lower radiator tank. I'm going to go with an aftermarket radiator - probably the Griffin from Michael's - unless someone has a better idea. The one that's in there is from an Aspen, and is trying to cool a 350 SBC in this 110 deg heat. The 2 rods that go from the cowl to the top of the radiator were attached to fittings that were soldered onto the radiator tank, and are both broken loose. Didn't look like such a good idea, anyway. Can anyone tell me where to find specific instructions, and especially a kit, to help me do this thing right ?? This whole car is just B.S.ed together......nothing is done right, but it does run, looks fair from a bit of a distance, and I've already started cleaning up the mess. Thanks.

Lar.

I used a Griffin copper/brass "29 A" radiator on my last project with a stainless mounting kit. The radiator sits on a thin piece of rubber on the frame rails at each side. A stainless bolt is inserted through the rail from the bottom up through the rubber and the metal mounting tab on the side of the radiator. A stainless spring (which looks like it should maybe be a valve spring for a Briggs & Stratton) is placed on the top of the metal mounting tab and a stainless nylok nut is threaded onto the bolt. The idea is that the spring is pushing down on the radiator and holding it to the frame, but the radiator is able to lift slightly against the spring on each side to allow some flex in the system. The locating rod bracket is soldered to the top tank like you indicated. The shell is then bolted to the radiator itself with 4 bolts and nuts inserted through the shell on the side and into brackets which are located on the side of the radiator. I got all the stainless pieces to do this here....
http://www.arizonastreetrods.com/

Thanks. I talked to Rose at Michael's today, and that's pretty much what we came up with. Awful spendy, but it looks like that's what it'll take to do it right.

Lar.