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We all know what this is from
https://forums.aaca.org/topic/423866-oops/

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That’s why my hood is a slightly different color than the rest of the body!

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That is amazing. Model A body panels are not made from thin metal.

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No they are not. Imagine what that blade could have done to the radiator, or a body.

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Happens all too often and is easily preventable:

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1731540508

Brad in Maryland






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Paint in stitching lines so it becomes another topic for discussion at car shows.

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You can just imagine how deadly that could be if you have the hood up and you're running the engine doing something under the hood like adjusting the carburetor mixture!!!

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I nearly put an original fan on my car. Knowing myself I'd probably forget to check it and then have this happen. Imagine if it happened at a parade or public event; at the least it would be embarrassing. At the most it might hurt someone.

Hope you can stitch up your car in quick order. If not now it's a nice winter project on the to-do list

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Not my car

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Brad, that picture is worth 1000 words. Great garage art, glad you saved it.

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I find it astounding that given all of the posted fan blade departures, that given all of the warnings posted and the availability of replacement fans, that any Model A driver would run an original fan! :eek: No matter how good an original fan looks, or no matter how it was restored, an original fan is a time bomb because its remaining fatigue life is unknown!!!

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If you REALLY want to make an impression at a car show or anywhere else for that matter, leave that hood on the car with the fan blade sticking out and drive it around that way! :D

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Original fans make great man cave wall hangers. I was warned so I sold mine as a wall hanger for $20 a few years back after it was it just sitting in one of many boxes taking up space.

Regards
Bill

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Yep, I have three of them on the wall!