| apatchy35 | -- 02-04-2023 @ 9:37 AM |
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As some of you may be aware, I am restoring a 1939 V8 60HP engine that will be donated to the EFV8 Foundation museum when I ride off into the sunset, or before. I am now 91. The engine and stand are now basically complete EXCEPT for a correct fan, which continues to allude me. I have checked with Obsolete Ford, Bob Baxter, 3rd Generation Auto Parts (Michael Driskell) and they don't have one, nor do they have any leads on one. I Keep my eyes peeled on eBay and have also inquired of many of the vendors, especially the ones that list 60HP stuff for sale, and have had no luck in finding the CORRECT fan. To make certain what the fan looks like, having bought a fan that had a Ford parts tag with the correct part number on it in pencil only to find out it was not correct, I finally obtained a copy of the ONLY drawing the Ford archives has on the 73-8600 fan. The green book or the 39 Ford parts manual show no picture, only the dimensions. Now, I KNOW what I am looking for. The correct fan has four (4) blades which are shaped the same as the 37-39 passenger car fan, and it has a 4 1/8" hub, which sets it apart, appearance wise, from other fans right off. The fan has blades with a 15.75" diameter, which is 1/4" wider than most. Why this fan is so elusive stumps me, unless they have all been cut down to make 32 fans with the 3 3/4" hub, which I find hard to believe. Anyhow, I really need a correct fan for this display engine ASAP due to my age. I have cobbled a fan together from other fans which will end up having a 4.25" hub, but I'd really prefer to have a correct fan. The way the fan hub is made, mounting it on a lathe and machining it down would be very difficult, not to mention welding it back together. Thanks for any help you can give me. Sorry to be so long winded but I felt a little history and correct dimensions are necessary here. Thanks a bunch. Lawson Cox 1985 Eastern National "Meat Head" lawsontheelder@gmail.com 404-316-6748 This message was edited by apatchy35 on 2-4-23 @ 9:42 AM
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| carcrazy | -- 02-04-2023 @ 1:23 PM |
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Do you know if your V860 engine came out of a 1939 Ford Deluxe Passenger Car? If it did, the fan would be mounted to the front of the crankshaft. If the engine is out of a 1939 Standard Passenger Car, the fan would be mounted to the front of the generator pulley. Fans for 1939 Deluxe and 1940 Passenger cars would be rare as few of these cars were built with the V860 engine. I have a fan believed to be for a 1937 V860 that mounts to the front of the generator pulley. I sent you an email with the dimensions of this fan. If you can use it, please let me know.
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| apatchy35 | -- 02-04-2023 @ 3:53 PM |
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Car crazy: I thought I had covered all bases in my inquiry, by listing the part number of the fan, but apparently not. My engine has the fan mounted on the generator, not the crank. Thanks This message was edited by apatchy35 on 2-4-23 @ 3:55 PM
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