Just returned from the pre-buy inspection on the orphan kit I'm considering. I'm happy to say I'm moving forward and will completing the purchase.
I did find a couple of issues:
The radiator has a leak. A bracket was installed across the middle of the radiator span and attached with several pull rivets and what looks like hysol. I don't know if the holes for the rivets were drilled deep enough to nick the bottom tube or if the action of pulling the rivets created the leak.
Where do you get this radiator. While I would normally say this could be repaired, I'm concerned about the damage of trying to separate the brace from the core due to the use of hysol.
Any help you can provide would be appreciated.
Tom