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fordiac
10-02-2003, 12:22 PM
does anyone know whathappened with the guy who was making his own radiator out of copper tubing?

did he get it finished?

did it work?

just wondering
Fraz
10-02-2003, 01:29 PM
That would be Smokey, and I dunno if it's done or not. Probably out workin on it instead of being on here blabbing away like most of us.
magnet
10-02-2003, 02:33 PM
Dude that was looking like a ton of work.. and it musta been pretty heavy!!

I wonder what happened with that... Smokey!! give us an update!
Assdragger
10-03-2003, 05:09 PM
BTTT
KCsledz
10-03-2003, 10:12 PM
I read an article a year or so ago aout a guy that made brass radiators i think. It showed step by step how he flanged the ends and sautered them together. He even had a flow pattern with baffel pieces running through it. It was supposed to keep temps really low! Someone else might know more about it.
greaseball
10-03-2003, 10:32 PM
Smokey makes ALL his own cool shit--
I think his RPU just started as a cowl,
And remember his metal-casting post?
How he was making lever shocks, his own hubcaps, and a mirror....
Man, I HATE that guy...
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
(Not really, I'm just REALLY jealous)
DrJ
10-03-2003, 10:55 PM
If Smokey said he was going to "build" an engine, the first thing you'd hear about him doing would be digging the iron ore out of the ground...
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

The guy is amazing. He has a real handle on HIS hobby.
Tim
10-04-2003, 06:11 PM
lol and you can be for damn sure that he built that handle http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
alchemy
10-06-2003, 11:44 AM
I met Smokey this weekend and saw his RPU. Great workmanship on the mostly handbuilt body. He said his computer gave out so he hasn't been online for a while but will be back soon.

His casting projects and the radiator have taken a back seat to his son's car and other things. But he will be back on it soon.

alchemy
Bruce Lancaster
10-06-2003, 06:40 PM
"He said his computer gave out
so he hasn't been online for a while but will be back soon."

So this means Smokey is now busy extracting silicon from gasket goo and building a computer around his own chips, right? I hope this makes TechOmatic.
scoop
10-06-2003, 09:24 PM
alchemy,were you at Cruise to the Woods? I was there,50 Chevy white with red flames. I should have posted to see if there was gonna be any hambers there,I was wearing my hamb shirt.Sorry about hijacking the post!
adriancyt
01-20-2010, 06:56 PM
Does anybody were I can get radiator supplies, like aluminum core, tubes, etc. I am trying to build an aluminum radiator.
swimeasy
01-20-2010, 07:07 PM
Smokey is proly. making a gun to shoot you guys right in the ASS for talking 'bout him!
low-n-slo54
01-20-2010, 07:14 PM
Does anybody were I can get radiator supplies, like aluminum core, tubes, etc. I am trying to build an aluminum radiator.

Really? The last post was over six years ago. Start your own thread about radiators.
trad27
01-20-2010, 07:22 PM
I know that it is a couple years old, but man it sounds interesting. Anybody have any links or pictures?