I'm 90% sure that the heater cores are the same across Spider, Berlina, and GTV for the early 70's. While you have things apart, drill a small hole or two in the bottom of the housing. Water collects down there, which causes things to rust. A hole in the bottom most part of the housing helps.
bs Sent from my iPad 3 On Apr 9, 2012, at 10:59 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi all. I'm currently rebuilding the heater box in my '72 GTV & I've got > a question about heater core fitment. My core was leaking a bit & in > looking on IAP & Centerlines site, neither carry replacement cores. > > I took my core to the local radiator shop to have them price rebuilding > it. The owner just called & was ashamed to say the core itself was $250!!!! > It would be over $300 said & done. > > That being said I'm looking into finding a useable core somewhere else (IE > find one on a car someone is parting). > > I've found one that looks right based on pictures, but I'm not sure. I'm > waiting for the seller to get back to me with price. It's advertised as > fitting a '74-94 Spider & the owner wasn't sure about fitment on a GTV. > > Does anyone here know if this core will work, and if not is there any year > spider core that will since those seem to be a little more common than the > GTVs? > > Thanks. > > Steve in Balboa, CA > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
