Other Cars (British & British-Inspired)

There must be some tricky details behind that tiny little grille. How do you cool a hot-rod like this?

Clan, I can't see the tailgate, maybe there's a "radiator",back- there ? Crafty/lol. roverman.

T's use a $700 four core Walker radiator shaped to fit the radiator shell and a significant electric fan, even so it must be baffled and heating problems can still plaque you. We built two "Track T's" like this one except with sport decks rather than my favorite, the pick-up bed. We were never able to cool them adequately and converted them to a T radiator shell which always fixed the problem. Mine never ran above 180 in Texas.


Paul

It's a rather small opening and splits the airflow vertically so it doesn't get the benefit of the air stacking up on the leading edge of the vehicle the way a lot of new cars do. Looks nice though. Maybe the rear mounted radiator is the answer.

Jim

A rear radiator has been done and a beautiful blown example is in the North Texas T Bucket Alliance. It works very well. If anyone is interested I’ll look through my database and try to find a picture. Though the weight in the back does affect handling, it's not excessive and I suppose, while I don’t agree, most would say you shouldn’t use T Bucket and handling in the same sentence. You're right Jim, in my experience while the Track T nose piece looks good, it doesn’t provide adequate air flow. A very good friend who was part of the T Bucket Factory in McKinney TX and around the ones we tried that didn't work is still trying to build a Track T. All of us here have told him it might work up north, but it’s not a good Idea in 107 degree Texas summers. Still he persists; I guess we’ll see when he gets it on the road in acouple of months.

Paul

Seems like you could use the boxed frame to transfer coolant to a rear radiator.A tailgate radiator with enough air flow ? This is the logic behind a rear mounted radiator in Hemi Healey. Time will tell. roverman.

Your right Art, it’s not that difficult to do, and the headlight wires run through the frame rails on most of them, at least all of them that we built. I can't remember his name, but the guy that owns California Custom Roadsters in LA ran his brake and fuel lines through his frame.


Paul

It's electric? Or maybe it's like my MG, not enough HP to get hot. :)

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