Rusty Bowtie
General Category => Early Chevy/GM Discussion => Topic started by: sixball on May 06, 2021, 11:30:46 PM
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Can anyone tell me what year this radiator shell is? The one with the radiator in it. I'm thinking of using it because I like the way it looks better than the right one. Smoother rounder kind of a Chevy-Whippet. ::) Dang, they are right side up in my file? 27-28 Capitol?
Also looking at radiators. It looks like Ford T radiators are a similar size. This one says it fits both. https://www.ebay.com/itm/384040485403 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/384040485403)
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1927 Chevy car and trucks used them in 1928 also. If it's steel it's from a truck which is what it looks like. Cars had aluminum shell. Ron
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Thanks, that is what I thought. I was told it was a '28 when I got it but it didn't look like the cars. I is steel, so is my other one. '25 frame, '26 body, '27 shell that works for me. :)
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Open up the CHEVROLET HISTORY 1916-1942 link below....might give you a better idea of what year it is.
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Great resource ED, It was right there all along. It looks like '27. The '28s there are different. Also the '26 roadster there has a painted shell.
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I got some pretty good information for a guy on another site and I'm hoping he can measure his '26 radiator. It looks like Griffen may have some that will work, sorta'. ::)
Do any of you know how to remove the Bow Tie emblem from these shells?
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My old '29 Chevy coupe bowtie fell off, i recall looking at how it was installed. It had a gray colored hard thin blob on the back of emblem. Not sure if it was some kind of glue or maybe lead solder?
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Ron is it something I said?
Sammons, I was wondering that or if it was a piece of tin or lead that was expanded on the back after being installed from the front. Some of the replacements have a threaded stud with a nut.