[AT] Farmall Cub Radiator core

[Spencer Yost]

Having just gone through this with my  Ford 801, I can tell you a couple of things that were true with my radiator:

1- There were two lines of radiators:   Hundreds of dollars (like $450+) and $200.  I suspect the high prices one were American and better made but I never saw one so maybe not???
2-Regardless of who sold it it the $200 ultimately came from China.  Some of them were very good at hiding that.
3 - I bought the $200 one
4 - The fit was not perfect.  The mounting holes were good but the angle of the lower elbow was wrong and that necessitated me filing about 1/16" off my fan blades.

The $200 had steel tanks, cast iron elbows and otherwise seemed to be reasonably made.

Other than the fit issue, one year later it's still doing good and I use that tractor regularly.

Just some data points,

Spencer

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> On Jul 19, 2014, at 2:03, "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Need to buy a new radiator core for a 1947/48 Farmall Cub. Anyone have a recommendation for a low cost
> but decent quality vendor.  Prices range from $120 on up on eBay! Don't have a feel for quality being
> sold on eBay!  If serial # is important I can retrieve that. 
> 
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