Maybe is wasn't originally painted?! All natural coloring applied in the tuning
dept. of Abington <G>
Wiedemeyer wrote:
> Does anyone know why the color was changed from red to yellow? Could it
> have been that the yellow was easier to see, and thus prevented more people
> from losing fingers in the fan? Just curious.
>
> Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Ingram <dougi@home.com>
> To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 12:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Early cooling fans
>
> >Hi Rick:
> >
> >Michael Lupynec suggested that the red blades were seen up to around car no
> >14000, which will be very close to yours. Perhaps yours was originally all
> >red, with the fan replaced at some time. Or, it's entirely possible that
> the
> >decision to change the fan color was made, but red hubs and red square
> >plates were still being used up when the yellow fans started to be
> >installed. No end of little details with these cars......
> >
> >Doug Ingram
> >Victoria BC
> >1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
> >1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
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