Re: cost of recoring was rad t

[george smith <bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx>]

It seems if a shop doesn't want to do something they
just jack up the price.Finding an old timer or knowing
someone in the business is the only way to get a break
it seems.
--- Don Hudson <mopar4me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> I've had 4 22 in 65 A Body radiators recored to a 3
> core locally by an 
> old time radiator guy and cost was only $300.  He
> said most shops don't 
> even want to mess with recoring so the price goes
> up.
> Don H. in VA
> 
> Sean B wrote:
> > I thought it was expensive, too, but I called
> every radiator shop in my 
> > area to have my original re-cored.  They all told
> me it would cost 
> > $400-$500 minimum.  I called a shop out west that
> Rick Ehrenberg of 
> > Mopar Action recommends in his magazine, that
> re-cored one for his 1962 
> > Savoy.  He wanted over $500, plus shipping both
> ways.  At that point, I 
> > decided if I was to spend that kind of money, I'd
> go with one of the 
> > very best.  Still, you're right, the $500 still
> hurts...
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> > Don Dulmage wrote:
> >   
> >> $500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where are my heart
> pills. 
> >> I know i paid 450 for the old one but that was on
> a 220 estimate and 
> >> back when i was earning money. There is no chance
> ever I would put this 
> >> much in a rad again.  Thanks anyway for thinking
> of me.
> >>     
> >
> >
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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

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