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Re: Early cooling fans

To: toyman@htcomp.net
Subject: Re: Early cooling fans
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 13:18:10 EST
Cc: dwramsey@worldnet.att.net, macleans@earthlink.net, spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <002301bf7091$4df78860$4e91480c@default>
I once had a three blade fan on an old Pontiac.  When it morphed from a
four blade, I had to cut my speed down to about 15 mph.

Paul 
PAsgeirsson@juno.com

On Sun, 06 Feb 2000 06:04:40 -0600 Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
writes:
>For those who hit the delet button too often, Andy Webster has a RARE 
>metal
>three blade fan "down under" that I bet you could get him to part with 
>cheap!!
>Better hurry up and email him before he reads it's rare and tries to 
>sell it on
>ebay (your personal trading community) Dave, maybe you could talk him 
>into
>taking a plastic fan in a straight trade, if your lucky <G>
>
>David Ramsey wrote:
>
>> Mike,  You mean he should have a three blade fan?  Or is a two blade 
>fan one
>> piece with two ends and a four blade fan two pieces crossed with 
>four ends?
>> Or is a two blade fan two pieces with four ends and where do the 5 
>and 6
>> blade fans fit in this picture.  Anyway your local John Deer dealer 
>has
>> touch up paint in spray cans for around $4 in Equipment Yellow that 
>you can
>> paint your fan with no matter how many blades it has, and it is in 
>the
>> proper Austin Healey Sprite yellow (CHEAP).
>>         Crash
>>         (who has never seen the rare three blade fan, let me know 
>when you
>> see one on ebay and I'll bid up to a couple of bucks)
>>
>> >Bruce,
>> >     You're missing a blade.
>> >Mike MacLean
>> >P.S. It was originally yellow.
>> >
>> >Bruce Lowry wrote:
>> >
>> >> On my 60 Bugeye han532540 I have a yellow with yellow hub 2 blade 
>fan. It
>> is
>> >> actually closer to a dirt and rust color but the yellow is there 
>in
>> spots.
>> >> Bruce Lowry
>> >>
>> >> Doug Ingram wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > OS&M refers to a two bladed fan for early bugeyes, with a four 
>bladed
>> >> > version fitted from engine #9C-U-H359 onwards. Also, the color 
>for both
>> the
>> >> > fan and the hub was red, changing to yellow very early on.
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone have a two bladed fan on their car? What about a 
>red
>> painted
>> >> > one? What sort of a red would this be?
>> >> >
>> >> > Doug Ingram
>> >> > Victoria BC
>> >> > 1958 Sprite  (AN5L/636)
>> >> > 1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
>> >
>> >
>
>
>

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