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Jon Jacobs
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What is the best option for installing an electric fan on a 1957?
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Is this for an extra fan as some use for parades or is this for replacment of the mechanical fan?What is the best option for installing an electric fan on a 1957?
This would have been helpful in your first posting. Apparently your concern is not cooling but electrical. Yes there are alternators that have the appearance of a generator. I suggest contacting the Thunderbird specialty suppliers as your first stop. It will be considerate of others and more productive if your needs are clear and not obliquely referenced.I was thinking an electric fan (pusher type in front). Larry's sells a fan with brackets that looks like it will bolt up to original shroud. My main concern is how much the motor will draw on the generator. Some people have said I will have to convert to an alternator set up. If so does anyone make an alternator that looks like an original generator. Thank you to everyone that takes the time out to answer me. It is very much appreciated! Jon
A prior owner installed a pusher fan on my '57. My car also has a 3 position switch for the fan, On/Off/Thermostat. I leave it in the thermostatically controlled position unless I'm in bumper to bumper traffic. I also have a 6 blade fan on the water pump pulley. Still running a generator. No issues so far, so not sure why an alternator is needed unless you also have AC and a powerful stereo?I was thinking an electric fan (pusher type in front). Larry's sells a fan with brackets that looks like it will bolt up to original shroud. My main concern is how much the motor will draw on the generator. Some people have said I will have to convert to an alternator set up. If so does anyone make an alternator that looks like an original generator. Thank you to everyone that takes the time out to answer me. It is very much appreciated! Jon
Hey guys....still feel the same way about the radiator with fans if youre pushing AC? Im adding AC to my 57 as we speak and am looking at a $550 two fanned radiator.....or the exact same radiator without the fans for $277. If the $277 will do the job, I want to save the dime. Comments?Good subjects get more responses. "1957 electric fan" is vague. I updated it for you.
Hey TJ.....did you put on an aluminum radiator and are you pushing AC?Powermaster makes alternators that are exact replicas of period generators. I put one on my 57. It is a Powergen model. Works great. Easy install fits exactly like the old generator. I also have most of cooling upgrades mentioned above, plus a pusher electric fan added to to front of the radiator. It is on a toggle so I only use it when it warms up around here. Can get a bit toasty in the Las Vegas area. This is the first summer with the new heavy duty 4 row radiator, 6 blade fan, full shroud, improved water pump and larger thermostat. So far, so good. And with it on the front of the radiator, it not easily seen.
Thank you Jim. are you running AC in your TBird?
I wish!! It’s a possible future project. I’ll be wrestling with the same questions you are.Thank you Jim. are you running AC in your TBird?
No I have a heavy duty non-aluminum radiator and I do not have air conditioning. However, at one point the car looks as though it did have air. I have two holes cut in the firewall that are right for two hoses. Nothing else remains.Hey TJ.....did you put on an aluminum radiator and are you pushing AC?