Firestone Heater Core
Firestone Heater Core

Firestone Heater Core

HC Firestone - 40 studebaker

Regular price $419.00

This is a Firestone heater core.  We made it for a Studebaker Champion c.1940 and immediately had a call for Ford Truck with the same.,  It turns out Firestone was selling these as an aftermarket for a variety of makes and models.  The image with housing is just for reference.  We do not have housing available for sale; only the heater core.

Our build queue varies.

Present Lead times.

Made in the USA


We make to order. Please allow adequate time for us to build.

Build time estimates [Feb 2025]

Brass/Black Model Ts

Our longstanding foundry (supplier) closed and all production was shifted to a neighboring foundry.  Apparently many of the closed foundry's workers were ineligible for rehire by the new foundry due to more aggressive immigration enforcement and the union has no employees to provide.  As of 2-20-25, we should receive castings in March 2025 and can resume production then. 

In the interim, we have been working with our one-off foundry to have pattern boxes made and these are trickling in in smaller batches and we will produce what we can.

Model As 5-6 weeks

Heater cores ~6 weeks

Model A and 32 Ford Street rods 6 weeks

Common street rods ~12-15 weeks

Tricky customs & complicated restorations ~16 weeks months

We appreciate your patience as we continue to recruit and train new fabricators and manage the labor shortfall our country has been experiencing.