Begginer Questions Please Help !!

hey,
i am a 17 year old high school kid, that just spent 8500 on a 1937 Plymouth 4 door

I whould like any info you have that could help me make this a great looking and running rod

i whould like to know how and where i can get a radiator for the plymouth, its in working condition but its old and i would like to know where to get one before it breaks and the car is down a couple of weeks !!!!!!!!!

if you have or know anyone with a good lookin plymouth or have any ideas for my plymouth please e-mail me and tell me about them

thanks
mark

the_o_mick@yahoo.com

Roddin or restorin? makes a diffrence on what radiator u get ( usally ). Suicide the rear doors if not done arleady.

ok buddy i am talkin about a new radiator so if u arent going to be helpful dont post

and ya suicide doors already and i am making it a rod

Check out www.walkerradiator.com
they ouhta have sumthin,or can build it for ya......

Welcome to the Forum Mick,

That sounds like a great rod to get started with. For your radiator check out these folks, not cheap, but not too 'spensive either for what you end up with:

http://www.streetrodstuff.com/Products/159/

For ideas on your rig, of course you gotta lower it. How about tellin's us some more about it and what's been done so far? Post a picture or two if ya got 'em

Good luck with it

Pat

I like the aluminum-core radiators from www.griffinrad.com . It's a well-built, sturdy piece. Tell them length, width, height, hose orientation, and cooling needs...they will hook you up!

Drop the attitude, pal, we don't have to help you.:LOL:

$85 hun w/ a 350 and it needs a radiator, + it aint "a great looking and runnin rod" already. You shoulda come here before ya bought it! But since yer bein SO pleasant, heres some advice. Get a tape measure an go to the junyard.

not to defend the price or anything but

it runs and looks great

i want to know were i can get parts incase somthing does break

my secound reply was for street

i had an attitude becuase street was being a smart alex

i thank you all for your info

If you are looking to get a new radiator, your best bet to get proper fit would be to send your old one to Walker, for copper/brass, or Griffen for aluminum. Give the the engine specs you will be using with it and also if you will be running an automatic trans, if you would like the trans cooler built into the radiator. They can also build in an engine oil cooler if you like, but I personally prefer to use a stand alone cooler to for trans cooling and also for engine oil cooling.

I see a comment about your purchase price on the car. Well, if you liked the car and where happy with the price, then it don't make no nevermind what anyone else things about it.

Welcome to CHR and have fun with your new ride.

Mick Ihave to go along with madgrinder with a griffin. It has worked good for me and they can build any to your spec.

So your SECOND post was to tell Streets to stop posting? He was nicer to you than the guy who took you for $8500. I can't help you because you're an idiot.

Dang, I see these post and really can't believe what some of ya spout. I guess some of you have never ever spent more than you should on your ride!! Yeah right!!! Look in the mirror. I would have thought better of those posting this. Oh well.

I LOVE IT HOW EVERYONE THAT IS BAD TALKIN THE PRICE I GOT MY NEW RIDE FOR WHEN THE HAVENT SEEN IT AND OR HAVENT SEE ANY OF THE SPECS ON IT

ANY WAYS EVERY ONE FOR THE INFO ITS REALLY HELPIN ME OUT

I have to agree with Weeg, folks have been kinda rough on each other lately. Let's keep this a friendly site and recognize that not everyone is Internet savvy. Bottom line is we are all hot rodders and hot rodders should help each other out. Nothing wrong with a some playful kidding around, but let's not be mean.

Pat

Great to see another hot rodder in the family. Dont let these winers ruin your excitement. As with all hobbies/sports you are going to find more opinions than you may want. Keep the finished vision in front of you and you wiil leave the rest in these winers in the dust. As for radiator, I recommend Walker Radiators as well. My dad and I have logged over 200,000 miles on our 34 with a Walker. AFCO also makes a nice aluminium unit. One thing for sure, you are going to need to introduce yourself to some local rod shops as you start the project. If you found this site, you are no stranger to search engines, so have fun. Let me know if I can help.

Now that I know your roddin, I would suggest getting a aluminum radiator that will fit, the sites that the others suggested are good ones to get the radiator, If your still worried about overheating you can run 40 below ( from jegs ) and distilled water, and run standard coolant with that mixture, only if you don't feel like flushin out the radiator when u put it up every year, If you don't care about having to flush it, just run the 40 below and distilled water, then this will effectivley drop your coolant temps 40 degrees. The cooler you can keep your coolant, the longer your radiator will last.

Hey Mick, welcome to hot rodding. Post us up some picks of yer ride and lay the specs on us. Somedays you have to be pretty thick skinned to survive on this site, but the wealth of information and ideas you can gain makes it very worthwhile.

yeah, this place is

CRAZY

if you can get past it, these are the coolest people I ever met.

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