Yeah, yeah they are not as pretty as a 1000 $ Griffin but we are all not millionaires.
As far as functioality is concerned the Champion rad works as good as any other one on the market and a helluva lot cheaper.
My  24 " three row Champ has been installed for about ten years with absolutely no issues. Its problem for me  was at the time no shrouds were available and i had to fab one.
Since I got mine there are a few that came out with  pretty stamped tanks at reasonable prices, I have no expirience witha any of them.
An O/E style brass/copper tank is also an option, you should be able to fit one in your car with a few tweaks.

Money is the reason why the ugly 24" rad in the 67. The bad part was cutting the perfectly good rad support to fit, but it was necessary. I painted it black to feel better.

I should add that I did use a big block shroud and top rad holders with some work to draw attention away from the ugly. 

Last edited by red351 (5/26/2023 9:17 AM)

I installed a 24 inch four row Champion and had no issues until it developed a pinhole leak on one of the tubes. I paid about $125 for that radiator. I installed a Champion three row radiator about 3 years ago and still working fine. If money is an issue, I would not hesitate to install a Champion.

If you want to repair it or use it for mock up, you can have my old four row Champion. I also have a big block radiator with a similar pinhole leak that you can have.

I looked at their 67 small block radiator earlier.   It says it has a stamped tank as well, but it looks nothing like the big block.   But it does seem to look better than the squared off tanks. 

I modified my core to use the 1967 small block radiator.  Its a couple few inches wider.

Nice price, too.