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Here's a common problem with early street rods. This is Editor Kevin's '32 which has a 283 Chevy mounted in the original frame using modified original Flathead front mounts. The problem is that the fan is very low on the radiator and doesn't do much good pulling air through when sitting in traffic. In fact (although a little tough to see here) the lower quarter of the fan is below the cooling fins. When we talked to Lisa Chissus, President at Flex-a-lite, about this she could hardly tell us fast enough to move the fan, stating that when the fan is not able to pull air evenly across the blades, it'll create a disturbance that can cause catastrophic failure. The fact that the fiberglass fan is over 30 years old and has been "clearanced" a few times by the lower hose clamp (when the clamp was turned the other way) made her all the more insistent. View Related Article
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