My steel six blader came from a Pinto - it was 16" Dia and fitted the hub;
I trimmed it to 14.25" . I made a simple template that fitted over the
rivets that held the blades on so the blades were the same shape as
original, but shorter. Lots of work with saw and file.
Bill Rogers
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> From: Allan Connell <alcon@earthlink.net>
> To: Jim Parent <jparent@yahoo.com>
> Cc: Tiger Owners <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: cooling fans
> Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 6:44 PM
>
> Jim
>
> In addition to Armand's forwarding on a portion of one of my old e-mails
> (thanks Armand!) allow me to add a bit more. From my understanding, Ford
> discontinued making this fan blade in 1996 or earlier. It was pretty
much a
> stock blade on 70's six cylinder Mavericks and some Granada's from what I
> have heard. The best place to find these fan blades will be a junk yard
or
> a Mustang performance shop.
>
> Bottom line: they are difficult to find, but for my money well worth it
when
> you do. My understanding is that a Volvo blade (sorry, can't recall who
> suggested it....Gary??) works pretty well too. If you do go scouring the
> junk yards, you will be looking for the number you referenced stamped on
the
> blade. It is a six blade fan with aluminum blades riveted on a steel
hub.
> Depending on your water pump you may have to alter the hub to fit a stock
> Tiger water pump. Mine is not stock so all I had to do was remove the
> spacer and it fit fine. However, as Armand referenced, you will have to
> shave the blades to clear your steering rack. If I had to do it over
again,
> I would have spent the time and money to take it to a machine shop and
have
> it done to insure the correct balance. Just to be on the safe side.
>
> Good hunting. If you find a stock of these fans, grab 'em up as there is
> probably still a good market for them. As I said, they are popular with
the
> Hi-Po Mustang and Ford folks as well as us Tigger nuts.
>
> Regards,
>
> Allan
> B9472373
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Jim Parent
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 11:23 AM
> To: Tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: cooling fans
>
> In looking through my notes, I have found reference to a cooling fan
> that is thought to have a part number of "CF-09DE-A".
>
> That number does not correspond with ford numbers in general. I have
> found references to six-bladed fans with numbers like C90E-H and C3DE-A.
>
> Does anyone know what the six-bladed fan number is?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
>
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