Jack
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Just learned an unpleasant lesson last week regarding Modine radiator.
For decades, many of us have relied on Modine radiators as one of the "cadillacs" of rads ... good ol' USA-made Modine.
Well ... no more!
Modine has officially left the aftermarket radiator market ... verified by reading same at modine site. In mid-2005 Modine apparently sold their good name to once "transpro" and the new company name is "proliance." Modine still in business in a big way ... but not in aftermarket radiators & heater cores.
Ordered a Modine rad for pal's 96 chev fullsize PU ... through proliance ... distributor told me Modine moved all rad tooling to mexico & setup shop along w/ transpro. Sure enough ... rad arrived ... had Modine on box .. but had both modine & transpro numbers on it ... and clearly labeled "made in mexico".
Got news for ya fellows ... if you order a Modine now ... you won't be getting what you used to get ... it ain't a "real" Modine ... understand same goes for heater cores too.
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For decades, many of us have relied on Modine radiators as one of the "cadillacs" of rads ... good ol' USA-made Modine.
Well ... no more!
Modine has officially left the aftermarket radiator market ... verified by reading same at modine site. In mid-2005 Modine apparently sold their good name to once "transpro" and the new company name is "proliance." Modine still in business in a big way ... but not in aftermarket radiators & heater cores.
Ordered a Modine rad for pal's 96 chev fullsize PU ... through proliance ... distributor told me Modine moved all rad tooling to mexico & setup shop along w/ transpro. Sure enough ... rad arrived ... had Modine on box .. but had both modine & transpro numbers on it ... and clearly labeled "made in mexico".
Got news for ya fellows ... if you order a Modine now ... you won't be getting what you used to get ... it ain't a "real" Modine ... understand same goes for heater cores too.
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