Series 2A Radiator

I bought an Alloy Series 3 radiator from eBay for my Lightweight . Fitting wise is identical to the blocked series 3 Radiator I took out . Its a quality item.

No longer need it as I'm converting to Electric

On both series 2 & 3 the radiator sits behind and below the crossmember, not on top of it .
On the Holden conversions a L piece usually gets cut from the crossmember , inverted and welded back to allow original radiator - theres your problem

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Originally Posted by goingbush

I bought an Alloy Series 3 radiator from eBay for my Lightweight . Fitting wise is identical to the blocked series 3 Radiator I took out . Its a quality item.

No longer need it as I'm converting to Electric

On both series 2 & 3 the radiator sits behind and below the crossmember, not on top of it .
On the Holden conversions a L piece usually gets cut from the crossmember , inverted and welded back to allow original radiator - theres your problem

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Im guessing this is the cause as in his pics in the build thread you can not see that the chassis has been modified to suit the normal Gm fitment[bigwhistle]

Hmmmm,

I think we have found the problem......

Bugger!

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Originally Posted by goingbush

I bought an Alloy Series 3 radiator from eBay for my Lightweight . Fitting wise is identical to the blocked series 3 Radiator I took out . Its a quality item.

No longer need it as I'm converting to Electric

On both series 2 & 3 the radiator sits behind and below the crossmember, not on top of it .
On the Holden conversions a L piece usually gets cut from the crossmember , inverted and welded back to allow original radiator - theres your problem

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Originally Posted by rangieman

Im guessing this is the cause as in his pics in the build thread you can not see that the chassis has been modified to suit the normal Gm fitment[bigwhistle]

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So it looks like ur front crossmember hasnt been cut up to fit the radiator. Thats good in a lot of ways. Wish mine hadnt been cut.

Cheers Rod

Why Rod??

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Originally Posted by Archangel007

Hmmmm,

I think we have found the problem......

Bugger!

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Originally Posted by Archangel007

Why Rod??

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It is mainly for the majority of rivet counters that want their cars standard[bigwhistle].
But in saying that alot of conversions were home jobs and the welding was not pretty [wink11]

Ahhh, gotcha Chris!! [wink11]

I will just have to make sure that the workmanship won't be an issue!

Cheers,
Tricky

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Originally Posted by rangieman

It is mainly for the majority of rivet counters that want their cars standard[bigwhistle].
But in saying that alot of conversions were home jobs and the welding was not pretty [wink11]

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As rangieman has said bad welding. Unable to use a crank handle etc. Motor is always too high and the crank doesnt line up with the hole in the front xmember anyway. It just looks dodgy IMHO.

Cheers Rod

All Series radiators (except Stage 1) are behind the front crossmember, accounting for the problem with height. The six cylinder conversion on Camel has pushed the radiator further forward. The radiator mount allows a space of about 120mm between the grille and the radiator core, a little more than the thickness of the radiator.

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Originally Posted by 67hardtop

As rangieman has said bad welding. Unable to use a crank handle etc. Motor is always too high and the crank doesnt line up with the hole in the front xmember anyway. It just looks dodgy IMHO.

Cheers Rod

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Easy enough to repair the cross member back to standard Rod, it will just mean a different choice of radiator.
With a bit of "jigging and tweeking" of the bolt on engine mounts you can drop the Holden six down to line up with the portal in the front cross member too.

Cheers, Mick.