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We are looking to buy a radiator for our 1951 Pontiac Chieftain with a Straight 8.
I have sent out alot of e-mails to find one but was wondering if you may have a source.
We prefer a new or rebuilt one but the year of our car is throwing up roadblocks!
Thanks for any help you may have to give!  And if anyone else has bought an older radiator, please let me know where.
Diana

Answer
I have been been fortunate in that our local radiator guy is a fellow street rodder and he will recore just about anything. Than said latch onto a copy of Hemmings Motor News, the old car classified bible. www.hemmings.com. There are at least a dozen ads in there for radiators and radiator shops. Engines are too expensive and i never play with used radiators, always new or recored.
Brad

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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

Experience

Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

Education/Credentials
More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

Awards and Honors
Moto Award winner. And much more.

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