71 fleetside for inspiration. I wasnt a fan of this body style years ago. I preferred the mid 70s D150s and mid 70s tradesman customized vans with the customized $haggin palaces built in the back. However the earlier pickups, and A100 split windshield compact vans have really grown on me. I love that angled down body line that kicks up at the end.
I don't think many people were fans, that's why they are still cheap.
I got my new radiator in quicker than I expected, but it turned into a 3 day affair.
I wanted to figure out a "better" way to mount the radiator that didn't involve cutting it this time. Turned out that angling the radiator worked really well. I wouldn't have to do that if my intake pipe wasn't in the way, so if/when I re-route that, I can mount it flush.
I failed to consider that the BBM rad had a 1 3/4 outlet, so I had to redo my lower hose. I got this here metal flexy hose from Summit and it least so far it works really well without leaks and no more splices and joins.
The top hose is now short and almost straight. Perfect.
So, with the new 160 thermostat, new radiator, and new hoses, I filled it up with water and let it idle for 30 minutes. I got all the air out in about 2 minutes (it took a few heat cycles and some driving before). After 30 minutes it had only got up to 180. I have the fan set at 190 so it never even got hot enough to turn it on. Before it would get up to 195 pretty quickly and go back and forth between 200 and 195 because of the fan.
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