FWIW my '70 GT6+ has the 8 blade plastic fan...
the purported GT6 Mk1 engine (the one looking for a home) under my
bench has an all metal fan - blades seem to be aluminum rivetted to a
steel (?) hub. Not sure if 6 or 8 blades (it's at home)
John Donohoe
'70 GT6+
'70 GT6+ (future Sixfire)
---Shawn Loseke <SLoseke@vines.ColoState.EDU> wrote:
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>
> That fan sounds like the early TR6 fan. Before they went to the
orange 13
> blade.
>
> shawn
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> Original Text
> From: <Ct54531@aol.com>, on 9/17/98 9:38 AM:
> Listers:
>
> The frame is done on the 4A and it's about time to reassemble. From
here
> on
> out, I will be undoubtedly be asking a thousand questions - some
> profound/some
> probably moronic or at least simplistic. But I can feel the excitement
> growing.
>
> I have a couple of minor questions but the thread on the 4 & 6 blade
fans
> raised a question. I have a yellow plastic 8 bladed fan on the 4A.
What the
> heck is it? This seems minor but so far, everything on this car
appears to
> be
> original and every number on the Certificate matches. I don't plan to
> concours
> but I would like to keep the car as original as possible. Do the
"extra" 2
> blades warrant their remaining?
>
> TIA
>
> JMac
> CT54531
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