Plastic fan to look for?

[Wick]

Anybody know what type of car uses the same plastic fan the vendors sell? Or one that will work on the Model A water pump? I've heard it's a pretty common fan thats ez to find in the auto salvage yards?
Thanks

[Tom Wesenberg]

I don't know the answer to that, but it would also need to have the 5/8" pulley, which no newer car uses. I would stick with Snyder's aluminum fan, if for no other reason than it looks so much better.

[newshirt]

Aren't those old plastic fans stressed from years of use? Or do they last forever?

Sorry if the comment is stupid; I just thought all that modern plastic stuff was built to be disposable.

[Mitch//pa]

plastic fans come apart also

what tom said

[Logan]

For the cost of $65 for a new one, why would you waste your time looking through junk yards for a use one, to then have to find a pulley?

[Logan]

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But, from what I understand when the plastic fan first came out for the model A, they came off of a mid 80's Chevy van.... That's all I know.

[John S]

Originally Posted by Logan

But, from what I understand when the plastic fan first came out for the model A, they came off of a mid 80's Chevy van.... That's all I know.

It wasn't on any mid 80s Chevy anthing much less a van. Vans used a fan clutch with a large set of steel blades. The plastic fan blades themselves on the Model A fan may have come from a modern car but the hub and pulley is A and B.

[C26Pinelake]

Originally Posted by Wick

Anybody know what type of car uses the same plastic fan the vendors sell? Or one that will work on the Model A water pump? I've heard it's a pretty common fan thats ez to find in the auto salvage yards?
Thanks

Wick
I commend you for trying to be resourceful ! Wayne