Anyone have any idea how he riveted that top sheet to the radiator? Mine is similar, but I have spacers under the sheet that snap into the groove at the top of the radiator, and my sheet is angled in a way that it sort of spring-loads downward pressure on the radiator. It works, and looks decent, but it never hurts to have it more firmly secured. Any suggestions?
Maybe those rivots attach a channel to the under side of the plate which would be the piece that actually makes contact the radiator
So, possibly a channel riveted or screwed to the lips of the radiator? I could do that... I just figured that if I have my car all apart, I may as well clean up under the hood as I put it all back together.
a lip on the plate and a channel on the front would be my guess. without a gasket or seal, there would be concern of rubbing a hole in the tank...
I was thinking that whatever is rivoted underneath that top plate stays with the plate when it is removed. Looking at the plate being bolted to the radiator support sure makes it look removable. I would assume that whatever it is that is rivoted underneath is what actually retains the radiator on top. Maybe a piece of aluminum channel with rubber glued to it or something
We've mounted race car radiators this way for years. It depends on the brand of radiator what the top and bottom flange of the core looks like. Some you can bolt to, some you just trap. To 71gold, the tanks are on the sides, the plate is sitting on the top of the core, there is a channel there just for mounting. We always used a small "C" shapped piece on each end of the radiator and a plate on top with the "C" pieces rivited to the bottom of the plate. If you look close at these pics, you can see the rivets holding the "C" pieces to the bottom of the plate, the "C" pieces just under the lip sitting on top of the radiator. I also put nut-serts in the plate and just bolt it to the radiator support. The bottom of mine is sitting on the stock Maverick poly mount. If you are concerned, you can put springs from the top plate to the bottom mount to keep tension on the mount and make it a little stiffer. I always work the top plate into my fan shroud. SPark
Instead of springs, I bent my top plate so that as I torqued down the screws that hold it to the radiator support, it sort of used a spring or lever action to clamp down to the radiator as you tightened it down. Starting to think that maybe my setup isn't all that bad to begin with.
That's is how I do them, also. I just make the mount to push against the radiator as I tighten it down. Some aren't comfortable with that and want something positive, thus the spring suggestion. SPark
