My brother HAS the early Ford 6 blade 15" dia. fan on his Tiger. He had
new motor mounts about 10 years ago and it had good clearance. I just
examined his car again and the mounts have sagged and the fan is very
close to the rack now (time for new mounts!) this early Ford 6 blade fan
(C4DE-8600-A) is not the same as the later Ford 6 blade fan
(C9DZ-8600-A). The "C4DE" has an original 1" hub hole, "C9DZ" has a 5/8"
hub hole. The blades are not the same: C4DE has 3 1/8" wide blades, C9DZ
has 4 3/16" wide blades. The pitch on C4DE is less than C9DZ. The
distance between the front and rear of the fan is 1 1/8" on C4DE and 1
15/16" on C9DZ. Both fans are 15" in dia. and have 6 blades spaced with
the same stagger. There is a photo of the "LAT 42" fan in the
holomogation papers (or see Book Of Norman pg 85) and to me it looks
like my C4DE-8600-A fan.
The C9DZ-8600-A fan is stamped on each blade (CF-C9DE-A) "FoMoCo" in a
rectangle. The front of the hub is stamped (P13465) "FRONT" the rear of
the hub is painted in silver MADE IN CANADA.
David Franchi
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