Date code of the original Harrison radiator

[John S.]

How long of a window do you have in replacing the Harrison radiator on a 65 corvette. The build date is June 24, 1965. Is there a date limit on how far back I could go. I have found one but the date is January of 65. This is too far back isn't it? Please help.

[Patrick H.]

Re: Date code of the original Harrison radiator

The rule is 6 months, but in real life the odds of a January radiator on a late June car are very, very small.

You need a May or June radiator to fit best.

Patrick

[Jim D.]

Re: Date code of the original Harrison radiator

My April 65 car had a March radiator. Why not call Tom DeWitt and get a new one dated for May? I wouldn't consider using a 45 year old aluminum rad. because if it's not already dead, it will be shortly.

[Larry M.]

Re: Date code of the original Harrison radiator

My April 65 car had a March radiator. Why not call Tom DeWitt and get a new one dated for May? I wouldn't consider using a 45 year old aluminum rad. because if it's not already dead, it will be shortly.

Tom has had problems with the tooling for the aluminum radiators for 1965 cars. Not certain that there are any left in the parts system. Hopefully he will be able to resume production.

Larry

[John H.]

Re: Date code of the original Harrison radiator

Tom has had problems with the tooling for the aluminum radiators for 1965 cars. Not certain that there are any left in the parts system. Hopefully he will be able to resume production.

Larry

Larry -

That's only for the L-78 radiator.

[Larry M.]

Re: Date code of the original Harrison radiator

Larry -

That's only for the L-78 radiator.

John:

Agree. I should have used "1965-L78 engine option" in my post to avoid any confusion.....as the DeWitt reproduction radiators for the 1965 small blocks are readily available. Seems to late to edit. Thanks for the clarification.

Larry