Thank you. Actually CGJ/Brice Thomas in Alabama made the radiator. I posted both CGJ's and Griffin's interpretations of the original blue prints to show a comparison. Both Griffin and CGJ/Brice Thomas were great to work with though. Less than 11 days to make and deliver. Stay tuned.

Merry Christmas ! New radiator, take a look. Hope it works. Thoughts are welcome.

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Hi Howard. Thank you for your previous information. Quick clarification so I don't blow things up. My 54 359 L8 runs great. I had some seam leaks on the bottom outlet and top inlet on the rad in the summer. When replacing the hoses on the 66 year old rad a jughead decided to use a mallet. My regular mechanic sorted out. Recently though I noticed tiny leaks on occasion under the top of the rad tank. The stop-leak would probably work but I have a Gano filter that would get clogged. I obtained the blueprints for my oem rad with the thoughts of fabricating a new aluminum rad. In the meantime I switched the 7psi rad cap with a NAPA 13psi cap and no more tiny leak. Seems dubious? Vendors sell 7psi caps. The 51-54 manual shows for 54 12psi caps for all. The forum xref shows the 13psi option. I am not sure yet if my thermostat is a bellows or capsule type. I have some 180degree capsule thermostats that I haven't used yet. The temp gauge was perfect with the 13psi cap while idling in the driveway for 1 hour. Does this mean all is ok? What lead to 359 aluminum heads melting and is a capsule 180degree thermostat ok?

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Hi Howard, Happy Thanksgiving. I have copies of the blueprints for the radiators for my car. The OEM (455036) for mine and the one with a/c (446509). Quick question, this might have been answered in previous forums, my radiator cap is 7 psi, the blueprints and shop manual say 13 psi. There was definitely a reason mine is 7 psi. Do you remember why?

TC

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Hi Don, can you shoot me a picture and part # for your multi-blade flex fan? Cheers, TC

Hi Don, thank you for your response. My car does not have a/c. But I had thought it would be a benefit to the 359 L8 with an aluminum head to have the most max cooling as possible. In fabricating a new rad I was looking to do a thicker core. I will rethink. Your friend Andy at the Studebaker National Museum is sending the blueprints for part #455036 and #446509(a/c). Great call. I was thinking of a fan with more blades as well. I will also rethink that.
TC

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Thanks Howard.

TC

Thanks JW.

TC

Hi Howard. I was looking to purchase a Packard radiator on ebay as a template to fabricate a new one. As we discussed my Pacific's part is #455036 and with a/c #446509. The ebay radiator presumably is for a 54 Clipper. The dimensions are slightly different than mine. Mine is 24"H X 25"W X 2", the ebay radiator is 23 1/4"H X 26 1/2"W X 3". I took some pictures of mine and noticed that it is a Rome-Turney Radiator with a stamp of LONG B4 on it. How is that possible? I thought Rome went south with Pierce-Arrow in the 30's?

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cool, thanks Howard!