The #$##@ fan hit my new radiator

[pj1]

I bought a new Northern radiator from summit for my 65 mustang convert. It went in pretty easy and the bolt holds lined up fine. I'm guessing that the stock fan was about 1/2" from the radiator. Everything looked good. I took off and went over one mountain pass and everything was GREAT. Coming back I took this really steep road. I had the RPM's really up there in order to get as much power as I could and then I heard it. The fan hit the radiator. It took me about a 150 years of up hill pulling before I could get off the road. The radiator had a small leak and some groves from the fan. I pulled the fan blades back and limited home, using a few rpm's as I could. Easy when it's downhill. Wow, you talk about a brused ego.

I'm getting the radiator fixed and I need a new fan. I am reworking the entire engine compartment. Getting ride of wires, battery and really cleaning it up. So I've been looking at electric fans. I don't need heavy duty cooling.

I saw a cool fan on HistoricMustang's pictures and I was wondering what that is, if its any good and what kind of modifications I would have to make to get the fan installed. What I liked was that it wasn't bulky. I'm pretty sure I can get by without a fan shroud. This would further clean things up.


So what would ya'll suggest for a fan? Thanks in advance for the help.
PJ

 

[mfp4073]

That sucks....but I have been there. We were about done with the reassembly and ready for the road in the next week.....one night I was up late putting little stuff on. Next day I came out to find that I had closed the hood on a ratchet....and buckled the paint.

As far as a fan, I tried the 5 blade hipo fan from 2 different sources...both failed and came apart on me. I then went with a flexfan. Bolted right up easy.

 

[latamud]

That happened to me on a cross country trip in the 66. I decided to turn on the pusher fan on the interstate cause it was over 100 degrees out through Phoenix. I could hear the fan blades lean into the radiator. I suggest a puller fan by the way.