Gasket Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Hi All, What is the correct core material for 1929 Chrysler series 65? I'm guessing not honeycomb. Auburn / diamond? (Are they the same thing?) What I have now--that needs recored--is a crude job done in v-cell, which I doubt is original. Thanks for any guidance. Yours, Jack 'Gasket' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930 Kram66 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Hi Over the years I have owned/restored three Chryslers - one 65 sedan a 66 roadster and a 66 tourer( my current project, do not have the first two now) All had honey comb radiators. Looking in my 66 Instruction book under cooling system it states the following- "The radiator is of the cellular type". Here is a factory photo of the front of a 66 hopefully you can see it is a honeycomb type. I would be very confident that the 65 would be the same. Sorry I dont have any photos of a 65 but I am pretty sure, well at least here in Australia model 65 and 66 cars came originally with honeycomb radiators. Hope this helps cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narve N Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Honeycomb is the answer. I believe the exact cell size is hard to get, but more than one European vendor had a visually similar pattern where each cell is 2 mm shorter than the original. I have used that pattern for two Series 65 radiators and believe it would pass as original even on Pebble Beach. This is a radiator before with original pattern: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasket Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Hi 1930 Kram66 and Narve N, Thanks for the great pictures--just what I needed; though, shouldn't honeycomb have 6-sides? (Looks like diamond shape to me(?)) Thanks again. Yours, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narve N Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 You're probably right. I always have referred to the style as honeycomb but might well be mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasket Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 Hi Narve, You're not wrong. From browsing the internet, it appears that the term, 'honeycomb', is used somewhat generically. For example, one manufacturer, Brassworks, thebrassworks.net, in their descriptions of hex-honeycomb, v-cell, and diamond say that "They are commonly referred to as "honeycomb cores" but the patterns are varied." Thanks again, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leomara Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Gasket, this will sound simple. I spent quite a bit of time chasing around with my 1928 Model 72 radiator after the first place I went to said the core was bad and needed replacing. Well, that was another adventure finding out that this "Auburn" type core is only duplicated in Europe and to re-core the radiator would cost Thou$ands. As a last resort an old time radiator shop was willing to try a repair with "stop leak" and it worked. I'm sure my radiator is not as good as new but for the driving I will be doing it should suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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