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Originally Posted by axL_
whats so good about those radiators?
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Just that you can rebuild them as many times as you want so they will essentially last forever. All the new ones you can buy nowadays are the cheap crappy aluminum-core kind with plastic end tanks and hose necks. Those can't be rebuilt and the plastic necks get brittle and can easily be broken off. When parts for these cars get more rare -- as they are already beginning to do
-- it will be good to have parts that can be rebuilt and fixed rather than ones that have to be replaced because they are not rebuildable. Soon enough, there will be NO new radiators available for D24Ts and so your only option will be to adapt something that doesn't fit quite right, have a custom unit built for major $$, get something from a junkyard that is already half broken...... or, if you are lucky and happen to have an all-metal radiator, just have your existing rad recored and put it back in with little expense and hassle. That is why the metal radiators are desirable.