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Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 3:00 pm
by Martin
What makes Whippet radiator shells so popular for Model T's? Do people use the Whippet radiator also, or just the shell? Is it just that the Whippet shell just happens to fit a T radiator very well?
Re: Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 3:53 pm
by Dan McEachern
Most all use the shell and the radiator together
Re: Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:19 pm
by RajoRacer
My long time, now retired radiator guy made new tanks with Model T inlet & outlets for my Racer using the Whippet radiator - turned out pretty nice if I say so myself !
Re: Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:33 pm
by speedytinc
As you can see, The whippet shell gives a classic 20's look to a racer.
I am amazed how many turn up.
Re: Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:13 am
by babychadwick
Check the photos of the speedster reunion!
Re: Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:38 am
by tdump
It seems there were more shells and radiators for Whippets than there were Whippets!
Re: Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 12:06 pm
by Derek Kiefer
It was a fairly common swap to a speedster or dry-lakes racer in the late-20s and early-30s.
It gave the car a more streamlined look of the fancy European racers of the day, on a American-car used-parts budget.
Re: Whippet radiator shells
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:05 pm
by Linus Tremaine
Theres a stack of whippet parts cars for sale in eugene oregon. They are buried in brush and are in very rough shape but theres at least one good radiator (thats the only one i could see)
The cars have to be purchased whole, the situation is dire and they face scrapping. Youll have to extract them, wheels probably dont turn, wood rotten.
send me an email if anyone is interested and I can forward contact info for the seller.
travellak1@gmail.com
Linus