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Why does the lower corner pieces (corner pieces below the mounting flats) on New Brassworks radiators have a height of aprox 13/16" compared to an original Brass radiators lower corner piece height of aprox 5/16" ? ?

My original 1914 is wide like the brassworks , it has some damage from an accessory bumper mount .

You should do your homework! Both styles of radiators are genuine Ford. The ones with the short skirt are replacement radiators made by Ford after the 1916 model year, and discontinued in 1925. Even though I'm not a fan of the Brassworks, because they don't follow Fords methods, they are doing that skirt correctly.

You should do your homework! PLEASE, this is what the forum is all about, please, please ask questions. That’s how we all learn, and share information.

I am a fan of the Brassworks and appreciate them and their work.
Mr. Smith, If you are so put out by peoples questions in this forum, then just simply leave. You dont have to be here....

Willie R.
No, Smith did not need to ridicule you to answer this question....neither do you need to exacerbate the situation. Please spare us the drama...you got your data,get on with it. As for dismissing any contributor to the Forum...not your call Sir.
SR

Mr Scott, please spare us with your opinion. We will do just fine without it.

I consider asking questions on the forum a legitimate part of my homework.

I do too. That’s what’s this forum is about. Asking questions is how we learn which is what this forum is all about to begin with. I’m not the smartest guy in the world and appreciate folks who answer questions for less educated folks like me that don’t have a ‘self appointed engineer degree’.

So forgetting the 'drama', are the shorter skirts truly Ford replacement radiators where the wider ones are originals? My '1915' radiator has the narrower apron.

Retro54 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:59 pm

So forgetting the 'drama', are the shorter skirts truly Ford replacement radiators where the wider ones are originals? My '1915' radiator has the narrower apron.

This is what he said "Both styles of radiators are genuine Ford. The ones with the short skirt are replacement radiators made by Ford after the 1916 model year, and discontinued in 1925. ...... Brassworks, ..... they are doing that skirt correctly." So Brassworks is making a reproduction of the original radiator and not a reproduction of the replacements that Ford made

TRDxB2 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:08 pm

Retro54 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:59 pm

So forgetting the 'drama', are the shorter skirts truly Ford replacement radiators where the wider ones are originals? My '1915' radiator has the narrower apron.

This is what he said "Both styles of radiators are genuine Ford. The ones with the short skirt are replacement radiators made by Ford after the 1916 model year, and discontinued in 1925. ...... Brassworks, ..... they are doing that skirt correctly." So Brassworks is making a reproduction of the original radiator and not a reproduction of the replacements that Ford made

Agreed, I did read that. Was looking for someone else to corroborate the assertion that the thinner ones are FORD replacement units. This is a fascinating point of reference for brass radiators to me.

Willie R, you are correct. Smith could easily have left out his last sentence. No need for him to criticize a good vendor.

I have no radiator in this fight... and really don’t give a flyin hoot about the height of the radiator skirt, and so I should stay out of this discussion, but...

As a manufacturer of reproduction parts it seems like I should add a few words of perspective. I always advertise my products as “near exact” reproductions. To manufacture a truly “exact” reproduction component, it should be manufactured from the same materials and via the same methods as the originals so as to make it difficult to identify the new from the old. The persuit of “exact” can lead to near unlimited manufacturing costs and turn a product from expensive to unobtainable.

Original Smith wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:22 am

Even though I'm not a fan of the Brassworks, because they don't follow Fords methods, they are doing that skirt correctly.

While the “!” after the first sentence was probably an unintentional violation of internet edicate, Smith doesn’t bash the Brassworks. He simply points out that the fact that while cosmetically accurate, they are “near exact” reproductions.

I was told by my grandfather as a kid: 'There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid answers'
and i live by it to the day.
This forum has helped me a lot in the past and i'm learning something every time i visit, and that is exactly what this forum is about, Steve Jelf is absolutely right, please keep posting your questions as they might provide help to someone elses problem, novice or seasoned T veteran alike.

There is no bigger turn off to someone seeking information to be told to “you should do your homework”! A question can be answered politely without preceding it with a rude comment suggesting that he is an idiot for asking. The next biggest turnoff are those who defend the rude behavior. Please be gracious and be grateful that fellow Model T owners still want to come here seeking answers to their questions. Don’t run them off. That is the whole purpose of this forum. Jim Patrick

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