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humanpotatohybrid

Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project

#181

Home away from home

Quote:

56Clippers wrote:
I had my radiator tested and recorded at
Hunzeker Radiator Company
6800 Kelly Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
412-661-2266

Called these guys. I'll bring my 2 radiators to them maybe next week to test.

Posted on: 5/28 19:08

'55 400. Needs aesthetic parts put back on, and electrical system sorted.
'55 Clipper Deluxe. Engine is stuck-ish.

56Clippers

Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project

#182

Home away from home

I am happy with the work they did.
They did repair and testing and then I decided to have it recored.
They put in a new style larger core.
They do good work, in a reasonable time and stand behind it.
The new core wasn’t inexpensive, but I wasn’t expecting it to be.
So far it has been working and cooling well.

Posted on: 5/28 23:14

CarFreak

Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project

#183

Home away from home

I also used Moyers Auto Services and Radiator in Greensburg PA. I know they have the equipment to re-core heater cores and they did some gas tank refurbishment for me in the past well. Good work, nice people.

Posted on: 5/29 9:18

humanpotatohybrid

Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project

#184

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I called and both Hunzeker and Moyer would test and could recore it if necessary. Took my rad and heater core to Hunzeker because they were a lot closer. $25 each to flush and test.

Posted on: 6/3 15:34

'55 400. Needs aesthetic parts put back on, and electrical system sorted.
'55 Clipper Deluxe. Engine is stuck-ish.

humanpotatohybrid

Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project

#185

Home away from home

Got the news back from the radiator shop. Both the rad and the heater core are leaky. The rad would cost $850 to fix and the heater core $250.

I think I will try the Ford truck radiator setup. The heater core I suspect I could find a trans cooler that would work well enough, but it's not a priority.

If anyone has any other suggestions, let me know.

Posted on: 6/4 17:55

'55 400. Needs aesthetic parts put back on, and electrical system sorted.
'55 Clipper Deluxe. Engine is stuck-ish.

humanpotatohybrid

Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project

#186

Home away from home

For the radiator, I bought that Ford truck rad and hose. So I will test fit that when it comes in.

I actually was able to get my driver side rear door unstuck yesterday. It had been stuck since I bought the car and likely for decades more than that.

In further news, the dash is back in.

Posted on: 6/10 13:18

'55 400. Needs aesthetic parts put back on, and electrical system sorted.
'55 Clipper Deluxe. Engine is stuck-ish.

humanpotatohybrid

Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project

#187

Home away from home

Photo of the old door latch. Didn't even know they could get this bad 😬
Special thanks to Ross for the new latch a while back.

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By the way, my turn signal indicators don't work even though the tail bulbs do. The light bulbs are good and I tried 2 different flashers. Maybe a broken wire somewhere?? Or am I using an incorrect flasher?