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I've been working on reassembly here and there, I'm not going to make my paint deadline, and that's OK, the expiration date on the can is just a suggestion. I waited 25 years for this car, why get in a hurry now. I had the engine running the other day, but there is a pretty good fuel leak from the lines that run along the frame rail that was all rotted out, shocker right?
One of the few mods I'm doing is the electric fan from a Dodge Challenger that I showed before, so tonight I decided to make some mounts for it. I made 4 of these from 16 gauge Sheetmetal, they're attached to fan with 1/4 inch rivits, just like the ones that hold an outer door handles on. With these mounts, the fan bolts to the radiator pretty much same way the factory shroud does.
By mounting the fan upside down on the radiator, I was able to get creative and mount the factory over flow bottle, doing it this way also put the wiring on the driver side, closer to the battery.
Here is a test fit in the car, I'm pretty happy with how it fits, and that I can use the over flow bottle
That's where I'm at for now, I'll pull it back out and paint the mounts so the don't rust, I also have a 3G alternator, and a fan controller to turn this thing on and off, but 1 thing at a time.
I've been working on reassembly here and there, I'm not going to make my paint deadline, and that's OK, the expiration date on the can is just a suggestion. I waited 25 years for this car, why get in a hurry now. I had the engine running the other day, but there is a pretty good fuel leak from the lines that run along the frame rail that was all rotted out, shocker right?
One of the few mods I'm doing is the electric fan from a Dodge Challenger that I showed before, so tonight I decided to make some mounts for it. I made 4 of these from 16 gauge Sheetmetal, they're attached to fan with 1/4 inch rivits, just like the ones that hold an outer door handles on. With these mounts, the fan bolts to the radiator pretty much same way the factory shroud does.
By mounting the fan upside down on the radiator, I was able to get creative and mount the factory over flow bottle, doing it this way also put the wiring on the driver side, closer to the battery.
Here is a test fit in the car, I'm pretty happy with how it fits, and that I can use the over flow bottle
That's where I'm at for now, I'll pull it back out and paint the mounts so the don't rust, I also have a 3G alternator, and a fan controller to turn this thing on and off, but 1 thing at a time.