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R-Model Oil Cooler Adapter

Started by TJinSA, July 21, 2019, 02:59:15 PM

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TJinSA

Many moons ago, when the prairie grasses grew tall and the buffalo would drown out your wife's jabber; I bought what I believed to be an R-Model oil cooler--it had cobra cast in raised letters on the side.  A reputable vendor, lets call CoAu, Inc. sells a complete kit it says is accurate in details.  Should it have the COBRA lettering on the adapter?  Anyone recently buy such a kit, and what was your experience, and satisfaction?
Tom Kubler
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Tom,

In the past I've looked at an original and the reproduced closely. Yes "COBRA" is cast on the side. The original lettering is just marginally better/cleanly casted. I ended up buying the reproduced from CoAu Inc. a few years ago. Back then CoAu didn't offer the complete cooler assembly, so I sourced the items separately. I did however find (I was told a clean original) oil cooler marked with the stamped "M" with a triangle. See pics.
Aside from the r model oil cooler, I also run the r model radiator, HP fan and 48 IDA Webers with an external thermostat housing in the upper hose. Getting all these components to fit Without cutting the radiator support was/is possible.

Cheers
~Earl J