Radiator Shell fitting problems

[1927Tudor]

I experienced the same issue when installing a new offshore rad shell on my 1929 Tudor. I had the original shell, but the cost of replating it was twice the cost of the Chinese unit. I could not get the shell to sit down far enough to line up the crank hole correctly, and had the shell off three times before I found the issue. The flange on the bottom of the new shell was twice as deep as the original, resulting in the bottom portion of the shell being forced away and up from the rad. I eventually had to cut a slice of this flange off in order to get it to fit. To avoid destroying the plating the flange was wrapped in masking tape and I cut it with a cut off wheel in a die grinder.

The first picture compares the two, the second is the amount of material removed. I would not have cut an original shell, but the 200 dollar Chinese one will do until I eventually restore the original.

[1927Tudor]

Heres the car when I dragged it home last December, and how it looks now..