Most accurate heater core for E-body? Non A/C

Folks,

Which companies make heater cores that fit a non-A/C E-body heater box as original?

Or alternatively, which brands should I stay away from?

Thanks in advance

Just take your original and send it to Glen Ray radiator. They will be at Carlisle, so you could deliver it in person if you want. They have done several for me, all with the correct core.

Ive probably installed more than a dozen of these...I just get them from my local jobber..I believe they are Four Seasons brand. They are almost identical to the original and fit and function perfect. Never an issue with any of them.. None of the part is ever seen when in service so its really not all that critical to have every nuance be the same. Kinda like finding identical pistons..

Cost around 75 bucks..

MB

I bought one from year one I don't know - 10 years ago when I bought a ton of stuff during a sale? Brand was ReadyAire I think ? FIT was doodoo - I had to trim and grind the metal flange around the body of core and redrill the holes to line up the outer boxes - I brought the old core(wasn't the original)to my local guy who does alot of old time stuff, he told me it wasn't worth it, would be too much...I still have it - didn't think about Glen Ray...wonder if they can fix the old one...then again I wonder if it is the original, there are #'s on it but they don't correspond to the parts book #'s - either way, I got the year one to fit but was a pita...

If I remember correctly, it was about 60 bucks for Glen Ray to recore one, plus shipping, you should get hold of them to find out for sure. That was a year or so ago. Bob would know if yours was original or not.

I lucked out on the last few jobber ones, but that was 8-9 years ago and I recalled some threads here in which some replacements were way off.

Thanks for the feedback so far

Rick Ehrenberg has this heater core on Ebay right now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mopar-E-body-HEA...=item4ac5edaeac
I purchased an A body core from him and it fit perfectly.

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I bought one from year one I don't know - 10 years ago when I bought a ton of stuff during a sale? Brand was ReadyAire I think ? FIT was doodoo - I had to trim and grind the metal flange around the body of core and redrill the holes to line up the outer boxes - I brought the old core(wasn't the original)to my local guy who does alot of old time stuff, he told me it wasn't worth it, would be too much...I still have it - didn't think about Glen Ray...wonder if they can fix the old one...then again I wonder if it is the original, there are #'s on it but they don't correspond to the parts book #'s - either way, I got the year one to fit but was a pita...

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just pulled out my old one - #'s are 98 38086 and underneath 1642(date code?) either way not OE for 71 anyway, but fit perfect - will have to give a call to Glen Ray I guess to see if repairable and worth it to hold for stock - btw - the Ready Aire # on box is 39 9109 with corresponding NAPA # 3090, Stant # 90109, Murray # 279204, Everco #2248 also on box - measurements 8 7/8 x 7 x 2 - like I said fit like doodoo - but made it fit - fyi if it helps