The 054 was out if the car from 1981-2005. I just had it pressure tested. It was fine so I installed it and I have had no cooling problems with it. A nice core with the correct fins per inch is expensive and I don't think the average radiator shop will be able to get an OE type core? If it works, I wouldn't get it recored. If it's a nice original, maybe you could sell it for enough ( plus your cost savings of recoring) to buy a new repro?