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Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?!

Posted By: autoxcuda

Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 03:32 AM

Quiz question....

What wrong with this picture of an 956 radiator top?

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/upload2/5126333-956MistakeRadTop1.JPG

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Posted By: sycboi

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 04:01 AM

Upper hose outlet very short?

-Michael
Posted By: autoxcuda

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 04:18 AM

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Upper hose outlet very short?

-Michael



No, but here's a hint.


Attached picture 5126415-956MistakeRadTop3.JPG
Posted By: 62maxwgn

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 04:27 AM

Thats for the elusive 383 Hemi.
Posted By: sycboi

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 04:30 AM

Outlet on wrong side? I really have no idea. I just wanted to play along, lol...

-Michael
Posted By: Alaskan_TA

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 04:30 AM

What part number tag was soldered over the 956 number? You do not show that.
Posted By: autoxcuda

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 04:51 AM

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Outlet on wrong side? I really have no idea. I just wanted to play along, lol...

-Michael



Correct, outlet was on the wrong side AND the raised section of the tank was on the wrong side too for a big block B/E upper hose routing.

We figured it was a mistake stamped tank.

Yes, it had a tag over the 956. You can see the solder remaining. I think the tag number over it might have been for a T/A. Can't remember what he said exactly and it that tag was not with the tank.

Someone was trying to show me today how you could pinch your hands between an unmodified trunk lid hinge and a Superbird wing if the factory didn't put spacers in there. Never knew that... And this radiator top was in the trunk.
Posted By: Hemi_Jack

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 04:51 AM

The number or the outlet is on the wrong side of the tank, at least the one I have the number is on the same side as the outlet.
Posted By: Snoopy

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 05:05 AM

Comparison

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Posted By: 1_WILD_RT

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 05:16 AM

And any competent radiator shop could move that hose fitting & plug the extra hole so it couldn't be seen quite easily...
Posted By: Alaskan_TA

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 05:30 AM

So based on Snoopy's side by side shot, spin it 180 degrees & drill a new hole for the hose fitting & it is "correct".

More on re-numbered radiators at this link;

http://www.challengertaregistry.com/radiators.html
Posted By: Snoopy

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 05:34 AM

Stampings on top of radiator won't be correct.
Posted By: 1_WILD_RT

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 05:54 AM

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Stampings on top of radiator won't be correct.



After vtaking a second look your right, the lettering would be on the wrong areas... pretty wild...
Posted By: autoxcuda

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 05:55 AM

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Stampings on top of radiator won't be correct.



I agree, the numbers will end up on the wrong side.

The tough part about it is that raised wide section that goes with the inlet tube.

Bummer is, it's a pretty nice condition top tank.
Posted By: 6bblgt

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 05:58 AM

That top tank is small block only w/outlet on the driver's side, there is only one flat for the outlet.
Posted By: autoxcuda

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 06:01 AM

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That top tank is small block only w/outlet on the driver's side, there is only one flat for the outlet.



But yet, it was stamped (incorectly) for a 956 big block tank.

Factory goof ?!?
Posted By: 6bblgt

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 06:08 AM

Yes, stamping error & re-numbered. Was this out of a T/A?

340+6 440+6 whatever it takes rebuild it & make new friends via Ebay!!
Posted By: autoxcuda

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 06:26 AM

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Yes, stamping error & re-numbered. Was this out of a T/A?

340+6 440+6 whatever it takes rebuild it & make new friends via Ebay!!



No, not out of a T/A. I think junk yard or swap meet deal. The owner of it might be toying with using it for a 70 Hemi 'Bird clone. But really I think its more of a conversation piece.

To make it actually work/look correct in car you'd have to section the flat part and solder in to the passenger side with the inlet tube. I don't think that would make the most reliable functioning tank though.

You could probably sell it to some unsuspecting soul on ebay. I bet you wouldn't be long terms friends with them though.
Posted By: Snoopy

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 06:34 AM

If the 5 digit number is a vendor code, different vendors made the radiators?

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Posted By: autoxcuda

Re: Can anyone explain this 956 radiator top ?!?! - 03/29/09 06:45 AM

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If the 5 digit number is a vendor code, different vendors made the radiators?



I did notice that number was different too. I can imagine there being two or more vendors for all of Chrysler's radiators.
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