I want to seal the area between the underside of the hood and the top of the radiator on my 62. I understand that a weatherstrip seal is adhered to the underside of the hood, but I would like to see a picture of a correct install. Anyone have a pic they could post?
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Re: Hood/radiator seal on C1. Any pics?
I don't normally reply to my own messages, but since there are no replies, and a thorough scouring of the Noland Adams Restoration Book revealed no pics of a seal, I'm going to assume Dr. Rebuild is all wet. No hood seal was used as best I can determine. -
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Re: Your Scientific Method is plain FOS
Mark,
If you look in Nolan's book on page 246 in the detail B, you will see the seal and it's orientation. I am no expert on 61 and 62 cars, but can tell you that, without a doubt, the 59 and 60 cars used them, and that Geoff's seal is a dead nuts copy of the original. His seal matched my old tattered original to a T. I can see no reason that the seal was not used on 61-62 cars, since the seal sealed against the radiator support and not the radiator itself, but I will let the 61-62 experts speak to the usage on these cars. It's purpose was to prevent air from passing over top of the radiator and bypassing the radiator.
Regards, John McGrawComment
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Re: Your Scientific Method is plain FOS
John, thanks for the heads up on the graphic on page 246. I observed what was an original 59 at the Lone Star Classic show last weekend, and it is the first car that had a seal adhered to the underside of the hood. By its condition, it appeared to be original, but the mounting location appeared to be arbitrary on the hood. It was adhered about 3 to 4 inches above (in raised position) the forward fiberglass structural member of the hood. The diagram on page 246 suggests that the seal is adhered to the top of the structural member. Is this the correct location?
If the good Doctor would still consider selling me this item, I may try to do some trial and error fitting to determine the proper location in relation to the top of the radiator. Thanks again for the heads up.Comment
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the air coming thru the grill take the path
of least resistance and the rad is a BIG resistance so all areas around the rad must be sealed so the all air goes thru the rad and not around it. a lot of overheating problems can come from missing sealsComment
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Re: the air coming thru the grill take the path
The rad support-to-hood seal also prevents "hot recirc" airflow, where the hot underhood air flows over the top of the rad support at idle and in slow traffic and gets drawn back through the radiator by the fan; radiators and A/C condensers want ambient air, not hot underhood air. This phenomenon wasn't really recognized until the late 60's, when A/C option rates began to climb and the race was on to improve A/C condenser efficiency without adding cost and weight.Comment
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