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Can anyone advise what the radiator shell is?? A little buffing, it looked like a cooper finish underneath which rules out aluminum.
Any suggestions for repairing where the hood rubbed hole in side??
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dave, for what it's worth: i just put a magnet to the rad. shell of my '30 and it attracted mildly. the rest is nickel plate, i think. jim
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If a magnet sticks it's steel. If not then brass. Braze in a patch? The copper color could be an undercoat for the chroming process.
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The radiator shell on the 1930 passenger cars was brass. The shell on the 1930 trucks was steel. The hole in your radiator shell can be patched like new. That is something that the plating shop can do for you if you are going to have the radiator shell rechromed.   
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one more question, what is best way to get the emblem off?
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one more question, the bottom support is fastened to the shell. looka like some sort of Rivit??
Can those be removed?? without danage to shell prior to replating??
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Can those be removed?? without danage to shell prior to replating?? Yes.
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