I can certainly relate to 8-Ball's comment, having just received my heatercore this week: it looks like it was dipped in solder, and not neatly cleaned up at all.
But it isn't anything that can't be fixed, with a little TLC
I'm also throwing in a blower, which is another car part, but it'll be covered in a custom made fiberglass shell.
Cost and functionality are greater issues than looks, for me.
To each his own.:shrug: