NOS Rad?

[joshua]

Went on an adventure yesterday and hit a couple houses with parts and wondering if this rad is new old stock?

Anyone who dealt with parts in 79, would this crate be how ford packaged them?

Doesn’t really matter other than it’s kinda neat if it is.

 

[DirtDonk]

It is actually kind of neat. But I’ve never seen a radiator, even back then, packaged in a wood crate.
Cardboard box was the norm for as long as I can remember. Not to say they couldn’t have gone to the extra trouble, and maybe someone was about to ship it somewhere.
Are there any markings on it? Maybe there in the picture but I can’t see them on my small screen.

 

[joshua]

D4TA-CUA 04 03 79

 

[DirtDonk]

But nothing official looking on the box?
Maybe somebody was just trying to protect it better than most.
What does the inside of the radiator look like? Doesn’t look brand new on the outside, but after this many years, it’s a little hard to tell.

 

[joshua]

It doesn’t look like it’s had coolant in it before. But who knows. I’m sure they can be cleaned. No nothing on the box.

And if cardboard was the norm then I’d say someone probably made the crate.