Empty box for sending us a radiator for restoration or patterning
Empty box for sending us a radiator for restoration or patterning
Empty box for sending us a radiator for restoration or patterning
Empty box for sending us a radiator for restoration or patterning

Empty box for sending us a radiator for restoration or patterning

box 27x27x11

$130.00

People love our boxes that are foamed for the radiator and when we found out what making a crate was costing in time, aggravation and freight costs we know why.  We created this product to make life easier.

  • This is an empty box for shipping a radiator to us for a restoration. 
  • We have foamed your radiator (or similar radiator), removed the radiator and are shipping the empty box and foam to you.
  • You provide your email and we will email you an invoice that will approximate the return freight and box cost.
  • You fill in your address and pay for the invoice and the freight. 
  • We'll then ship the box and you'll receive a UPS label in a second email.
  • When you receive the box, open and insert the radiator, tape the return label to the box and deliver to a UPS store, a UPS shipping depot or any friendly business willing to permit you to include the box as part of their outbound shipping.
  • We will settle up the actual freight costs in the final bill.

What size do you need?

  • Fedex & UPS require 3" of foam protection around the shipped object
  • 33x24x11 - mid size radiators e.g. 32 ford, 33 chevy , 41 dodge
  • 27x27x11- Model T or T bucket (without shroud)
  • 34x29x15 - deep tanks & tall radiators e.g. 35 ford, 30s packards etc.

Please include this form in the box when shipping 

We hope this helps make life easier.


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.