Photo of a real 69 rad cap? - Page 2

ORIGLS6 · #11 05-11-2010, 02:38 AM

I'm not meaning to stir the pot but I'm still running the OE caps on my '69 Nova AND on my '70 Chevelle. Both still doing the job, ............. and the Nova gets driven quite a bit.
If there's any question couldn't a radiator shop check them for you?

#12 05-11-2010, 02:46 AM

Hi. I talked to John Pirkle about that very topic. The problem is, caps live in a relatively volatile environment. He claims he stopped restoring them because the vast majority of cores were thin or unusable in the area near the rivet. The fix was to weld them, and that was something he decided he didn't want to do. The cause was corrosion. Makes sense I think. Particularly when you factor in the age (mileage I don't believe enters the equation).

Just my two bits. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

Wayne

**mockingbird812** · #13 05-11-2010, 03:18 AM

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**Bill Pritchard** · #14 05-11-2010, 06:53 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hotrodsled</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The cause was corrosion. Makes sense I think. Particularly when you factor in the age (mileage I don't believe enters the equation). </div></div>

I think I'd have to agree with you there, Wayne. My 69 still had the original cap on it when I bought it 8 yrs ago, but it had a small hole rusted thru on the top. The car had <20K miles on it at that time. Still functioned OK, but I bought a repro to use and saved the original for posterity.

PaulK · #15 05-28-2010, 06:38 PM

Thanks guys, for the pictures. It is really helpful when you share the pictures with the rest of us, rather then sending PM's.

JohnZ · #16 06-01-2010, 01:29 AM

Here's my original, still works fine (02D '69 Z/28).

sg1747 · #17 06-01-2010, 04:09 AM

is it for sale???

JohnZ · #18 06-02-2010, 02:01 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sg1747</div><div class="ubbcode-body">is it for sale??? </div></div>

Nope - can't drive my Z without it! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]

**olredalert** · #19 06-02-2010, 02:16 AM

-----Ah,,,Driving is overrated anyway, John!!! The parts on your beautiful Z are probably worth more than the whole anyway right now. Sell him the cap for HUGE money. Then wait for the market to come back in roughly 10 or so years and replace the cap with a repop. There you go. You just kept the economy going. What a great guy!!! But we knew that anyway.
-----Now the disclaimer. This is a JOKE!!!!!!!........Bill S

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