Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac Chevy 1980-1983 Heater Core

HC 94516 buick olds pontiac

Regular price $329.00

If you are searching for a copper and brass heater core to replace the Spectra 94516 then you are in luck. We make our own cores and fabricate our own tanks so, naturally, we get asked to build custom heater cores or "small radiators."  If we do not have a pattern you may need to provide yours.

Our build queue varies.

Present Lead times. 

Made in the USA

BUICK CENTURY 1982-1996
BUICK SKYLARK 1980-1985
CHEVROLET CELEBRITY 1982-1990
CHEVROLET CITATION 1980-1983
CHEVROLET CITATION II 1984-1985
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS 1995-1996
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS CIERA 1982-1996
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS CRUISER 1987-1992
OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME 1990-1994
OLDSMOBILE OMEGA 1980-1984
PONTIAC 6000 1982-1991
PONTIAC PHOENIX 1980-1984

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.