<VV> Note about the 1960 fan

[Tony Underwood]

At 08:24 PM 7/31/2007, Chris & Bill Strickland wrote:
>It would be interesting to know if the data for the 1960 fan was 
>with the "ring" in place or not -- seems like that thermostatic ring 
>certainly inhibits air flow, even when it is fully "open".



Sure does, although the ring itself is such a sloppy fit inside the 
fan recess I doubt it had very much detrimental effect on 
cooling.   My observation was how little actual fan blade area the 
fan actually had, compared to the 2nd gen fans... yet someone did 
some tests somewhere which stated that the '60 fan was the best of 
the bunch.  ??

Sorry, I still find it hard to believe, and I've twice cured some 
overheating issues on '60 and '61 'Vairs simply by replacing the 
recessed fan with a later variant.   I'm currently looking long and 
hard at the red Lakewood and its original fan (also original 
everything else) and I expect to end up swapping that one out as well 
since I know what to expect out of it in summer when I start taking 
those long uphill grades in August.


tony..