Thread: Meller's "Last" Hoorah - '62 Fairlane

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gonna order wires later this week - - - - the PO said that it will get hot in slow traffic during the summer and the fan is waaaaaayyyy too far from the radiator plus it doesn't have a thermostat so that's gotta be addressed also - - - think I'll do the wires and looms while I'm deciding on the shroud/fan/etc

Originally Posted by MelloYello

gonna order wires later this week - - - - the PO said that it will get hot in slow traffic during the summer and the fan is waaaaaayyyy too far from the radiator plus it doesn't have a thermostat so that's gotta be addressed also - - - think I'll do the wires and looms while I'm deciding on the shroud/fan/etc

Em,
You're down where a thermostat is a necessity unless you've got a huge radiator, from my experience in the Corpus Christi area years back. You can make up a dynamite shroud using a piece of plywood for a base form, a circle the size of the fan hole elevated on some wood blocks, a cheap piece of fleece material stretched in place and then coated with fiberglass resin. A couple of layers of mat after the fleece has set and you're done other than some cut & grind, and drilling a few mounting holes. People will be asking you where you got that slick looking shroud!!