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BigKev wrote:
Perhaps I missed it before, but is there a reason your not using the stock fan?
We had to use a '39 upper block to replace our failed '38 upper (we could only find a '39). The '39 block requires the use of the '39 water pump, which is at least 6 inches shorter than the '38.
The two options were to create some sort of a spacer, or to use electric.
The spacer is complicated because we already had to have a spacer custom milled to push the fan pulley out far enough to line up with the crank pulley (the whole engine package is shorter on the '39 due to the hood being shorter...the whole lower half of our engine is '38). So I would have had to do a second spacer to get the fan anywhere close to the radiator. Existing fan spacers are made for Ford and Chevy with hole spacing and alignment that don't match up with what Packard used.
In the end I decided that it was easiest just to ditch the mechanical fan idea for now and go with electrical. The car is already 12V and is already non-original with all the A/C equipment. Not to mention the fact that we have an engine made up of two different years that are different enough to be seen visually. At this point I'm more concerned with getting the car on the road reliably than I am with originality.
-Kevin
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