67-69 NOS radiator core support question?

[MosportGreen66]

Joe is correct with this. We spent a considerable amount of time studying Jerry M's book. Also, numerous questions were answered here.

Good Luck, email me if you need addition help.

[djunod]

For that item you might as well buy the repo, as it looks exactly the same... including the "wrinkly" look to the front side of the upper bar.

[Rick H]

I disagree, there a few noticable differences between the repop and GM piece. Especially where the holes are located for the rubber radiator insert washers. Plus some repops are drilled incorrectly for the washer bottle and the regulator.

For correctness go GM, for who cares and it's a driver go repop.

Rick H.

[69rsz28]

I'm gonna try and restore the 68 Z28 that I just bought as correct as I possibly can. I bought Jerry MacNeish's book and it's been really neat to read what the correct parts are supposed to be, then go look at the car and find that it has the correct one. I actually was bidding on two core supports and won the other one. It looks like an earlier version and the sticker has no bar code.

[djunod]

Ricks First Gen has the radiator core support, original GM tooling, for $249.95

SM-11

or a quality import for 89.00

[69rsz28]

I had seen those but still wanted to use NOS. Maybe it's my imagination, but the original on the car doesn't seem to be as wrinkled as the newer replacements.

[djunod]

That one you pointed to on e-bay was just as wrinkled...

A metal worker or a person with some patience can easily straighten it out... I straightened mine out...

BTW... my original one was a little bit wrinkled... and it looked original...