Re: [ihc] Re: Scout Radiators

["Urvig, Chad A" <chad.urvig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's basically what I did with my tilt front end.  I have 1" square
tubing running up from the frame
(http://trx.punknet.org/gallery/album06/DriverHinge).  I don't think
frame twisting is much of a problem since the two frame rails are tied
together there.  My radiator hasn't sprung a leak yet. But both top and
bottom radiator braces have popped loose, either from stress or age.  I
should get those soldered back down....  The top one has been lose for
years.  I'm guessing my luck is going to run out if don't do something
about it.

Chad
http://trx.punknet.org/gallery/ScoutII



>Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:05:50 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: Scout Radiators

>Dan,

>You make an excellent point.  I saw a different
>radiator mount a year ago at Nats.  Some guy had a
>tilt up front end.  He welded two uprights to the
>frame, probably angle iron.  He then hung the radiator
>between them.  Now the radiator has nothing to do with
>the body.

>But, frame twisting is still a problem.  I plan to do
>this tilt up.  But my radiator won't be bolted, it
>will be softly clamped between these two uprights,
>like a modern radiator is.  This will stop the problem
>permanently.  You could probably do this in a std body
>but would take some engineering.

>Steve