1949-1954 Chevy Desert Cooler Aluminum Radiator

You are bidding on a new 2 row High Efficiency (15% More Cooling Over OE) Aluminum Desert Cooler radiator built by U.S. Radiator. This unit is equivalent to a 4 row High Effiiency radiator with O.E. styling.

Things To Consider When Choosing An Aluminum Radiator

How thick is the radiator?

Instead of looking at the amount of rows the radiator has, find out how thick the radiator is.  Radiator tubes (rows) come in many sizes.  U. S. Radiator Desert Cooler radiators use 2 rows of 1" tubes (2" of linear surface), while others use 2 or 3 rows of 1/2" tubes (1 to 1-1/2" of linear surface).  So all of those other radiators that boast about being "3 Rows", dont actually cool as well as this 2 row radiator.

How is the radiator constructed?  Does it have stamped tanks?  Does it have epoxy or glues?

U.S. Radiator uses fully brazed cores and do not use epoxy or other glues.  They use press formed tanks that have O.E. looks.  They are also more durable then those box tanks on other radiators.  Aluminum gets very week around the welds.  Box tanks are basically flat stock that have been welded together to form the tank.  All of these welds make the box tank less durable than press formed tanks.

We also use correct brackets, billet filler necks and overflow nipples.

IMPORTANT! To ensure you will be receiving the correct radiator, we will need to know the following information once you complete the purchase:

1 - Do you need a transmission cooler built into the radiator.  We do not charge extra for this.

2 - This radiator can be built in different ways depending on your what engine you have.  Please tell us which part number you need

AL010025:  6 Cyl Engine

AL010024:  V8 Engine

Configuration Information:
This radiator is available several other configurations. Please check out the Chevrolet-Radiator_Early-Chevy section of our eBay store.

Want to improve the looks of your new radiator? How about adding more cooling efficiency? We offer upgrade options through 'add-on' auctions listed in our eBay store.

Radiator Polishing: Are you putting this new radiator into a show car? For $50 on copper/brass and $100 for aluminum radiators, you can really dress up the front of your engine compartment. View our Radiator Polishing Add-on auctions

Tripleflow Option: Check out our Tripleflow option to get up to an additional 15° temp drop. For $60 we can put baffles in the tanks that will forces the coolant to pass through the radiators core 3 times before exiting. See our Tripleflow auction for more information.

Fan / Shroud Packages: Why not utilize the entire core? We offer custom made aluminum shrouds and when ordered with a new radiator, we will mount the shroud for you before the radiator ships. Click here to view all of our fan/shroud and shroud only packages.

Payments are due within 3 days of auction end date or 'buy it now' sale date.

We offer our customers several ways to pay for their item. We prefer PayPal due to its simplicity. If you dont have a PayPal account, other options are listed below.

PayPal - We accept any form of payment that PayPal accepts. To use PayPal, click the "Pay Now With PayPal" logo located in the auction.

Credit Cards - We accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover. You must call us with your card in hand, the item number and the final amount of the auciton at (888) 587-7234. Please tell our customer support staff member who answers the phone that you are calling to pay for an auction you have won.

Note: We do not accept American Express or Personal checks unless processed through your PayPal account.

Sales Tax:
We charge 8.75% Sales Tax to all items being shipped within California.

All items are shipped UPS Ground unless otherwise arranged by customer and approved by us.

Continental United States:
The shipping costs stated in the auction are based on UPS Ground to any location within the continental United States. If you want the item delivered to anywhere else, please refer to the information below.

All Other Locations (Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, International):
We will consider shipping to other locations via our UPS account. Please contact us via email for a shipping quote. In order to provide an accurate quote, we will need your full address and the exact item you want shipped.

**Important** Dimensional Weight:
Due to the size of the radiator boxes, most carriers charge by ‘dimensional’ weight instead of using the actually weight of the package.  So even though you may be buying a radiator that weights 15 lbs, UPS could charge for 54 lbs.

Lead Times:
Items will be shipped as soon as possible after payment is received. In some cases, it may take 1 - 3 weeks to ship once payment is received. Due to the numerous configurations in which a radiator can be ordered for any given car, its is impossible to have everything in stock. We do stock popular radiator configurations for each car to help shorten lead-times. If you need a radiator ASAP, please contact us to find out if its in stock before bidding.

To receive a stock check, please email us or call us at (888) 587-7234. The following information will help us in determining which radiator you need.

• The name of the auction you are interested in
• Year, Make & Model of Car
• Original engine size
• Automatic or Standard
• Material you want (Aluminum or Copper/Brass)
• Rows needed (2, 3 or 4 Row)
• Core Type (Standard Automotive or High Efficiency)

If you dont have all this information, go ahead and call us and we can help you figure out what you need.

Combined Shipping:
In some cases we can combine shipping and will do our best to do this, but obviously we cant combine 2 radiators. We can however combine shipping when ordering a shroud with a radiator.

All sales are final but we will work with any reasonable request. All radiators, except where noted, carry a 1 year warranty against manufacturers defects.

Please contact customer serivce via email or call us at (888) 587-7234 if you are not sure you are biding on the correct radiator for your application.

If the radiator is damaged during shipping, we will help you get it replaced. However, if you damage the radiator during installation or because you forgot to tighten your fan and the blades chewed up the core, we will feel badly for you, but thats about it.