Originally posted by blwn31
Don Shilady, I am gonna take some, maybe even a lot of heat for this, but I would like to give you my 2 cents. I realize it's your car and you should do it your way, but I think you should rethink your radiator. I just pulled out my Walker Catalog and they make a radiator Model 487-1 that fits 28-29 Ford, you can get it with or without A/C that has a trans cooler built in. I don't believe mounting the trans cooler out front as in your picture is the astetically (spelling?) correct or appealingway to go. Now this is just me, but if I saw your car with that style cooler out front I would ask myself what the hell ...? I have made many mistakes purchasing wrong parts on my Model A that cost a lot of money, but I believe if I'm going to do it, it should be done right. I'm not saying your way is wrong just not the best it could be.

Don may be able to use an in-radiator cooler and that's not a bad deal in the winter - course with his winters, will he be able to drive the roadster in the winter - but in summer it just adds to the radiators heat load.

Along with that, some cars lack room for fittings to adapt to the in-radiator cooler.
True in my case. (Buick fans sit low and left and there's not much room left.)

Far as aesthetics go, Don's cooler will be somewhat hidden behnd the license plate and in my opinion an interesting aspect of the car.
Hot rods are machines and having a particular thing set up differently than other hot rods makes for a car with a higher interest factor.

Everything doesn't have to be slicked down and hidden on a hot rod.
When it is, the car is less appealing and less interesting.
Hot rods were and are copies of race cars and race cars always had lots of interesting pieces on them.