now, i had an 85 Austin Mini when i lived in Germany, and while
it *does* have a longitudinally mounted engine, it also has a crank
driven fan.
yep! the radiator is mounted on the left inner fender, and
blows outwards from the enging compartment into the left front
wheelwell.
cheers!
aaron
[Aaron] <snip> When car design gradually evolved to
> transverse-mounted, front-wheel drive arrangements, crank-driven fans
> weren't an option--not enough cooling at low speeds. Had Triumph been
> building knockoffs of the Austin Mini in the `70s, they would have
> rapidly embarked on an electric fan program, and had that research
> information and vendor support filtered down to other models, it
> probably would have been incorporated. Long after the fact of
> Triumph's
> demise, all we have here are aftermarket approximations of what might
> have been properly engineered. (!)
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> My other Triumph runs, but....
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