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Scootertrash
02-23-2011, 08:09 AM
Got this old fan/pulley combo and I'm trying to figure out what it belongs to. Closest thing I could find is the Ford Model T. Can anyone tell me what this belongs to?
Thanks Guys!!
Scooter


http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/Scootertrash60/oldfan1.jpg

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/Scootertrash60/oldfan2.jpg

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/Scootertrash60/oldfan3.jpg
samiam
02-23-2011, 11:34 AM
I'm not an expert it looks like a T fan except its got 5 blades every T I recall had a 4 blade fan
yankeedog
02-23-2011, 01:10 PM
I think its a ceiling fan off Gunsmoke.
cciota
02-23-2011, 03:58 PM
Don't know but I do know it won't fit my '63 Buick.
Kadmos
02-23-2011, 04:57 PM
Hard to tell the scale, but that support arm was only about 4 or 5 inches long on the T if I recall correctly

Might be from a ford truck, late 20's maybe

Good luck
HDR
02-23-2011, 07:13 PM
http://modelthaven.com/ng/T3961C-U.jpg

Model T fan and pulley. The model T had a 4 blade fan.
slamfire51
02-23-2011, 10:28 PM
The belt pulley is pretty wide. Did the Model T use a leather type fan belt?
a-kmanator
02-23-2011, 11:28 PM
That's the propeller from the USS Monitor....good score!
Kadmos
02-24-2011, 12:23 AM
The belt pulley is pretty wide. Did the Model T use a leather type fan belt?

It could, but *most* of the originals were a rubberized fabric. But yeah it was a flat belt. People actually did make temporary belts by wrapping pantyhose around the pulleys.

Makes you wonder how many guys took their gals for a ride hoping the belt would give just so they would be forced to use her pantyhose to get back home ;)
l921428x
02-24-2011, 02:59 AM
It could, but *most* of the originals were a rubberized fabric. But yeah it was a flat belt. People actually did make temporary belts by wrapping pantyhose around the pulleys.

Makes you wonder how many guys took their gals for a ride hoping the belt would give just so they would be forced to use her pantyhose to get back home ;)

Did they even have "panty" hose in the days of the T?
Gunreference1
02-24-2011, 03:46 AM
During the 1920's women would have been wearing silk or rayon stockings. Nylon was invented back in 1938 at Dupont. And pantyhose really didn't come to market until the very late 1950's or early 1960's.

Steve
Scootertrash
02-24-2011, 07:26 AM
Well, Apparently this fan was an option for the 1921-1927 Ford Model T Utility Trucks in hotter climates. A gentleman on ARFCOM had a 1924 Depot Hack when he was in High School.

For those who don't know what a Depot Hack is (This is not his, just a representation):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33118419@N05/3604983829/
slamfire51
02-24-2011, 09:29 AM
Well, Apparently this fan was an option for the 1921-1927 Ford Model T Utility Trucks in hotter climates. A gentleman on ARFCOM had a 1924 Depot Hack when he was in High School.

For those who don't know what a Depot Hack is (This is not his, just a representation):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33118419@N05/3604983829/

By the amount of that period cars that you see in old movies with steam spewing out of the radiators, you'd think all of them would have fans.
Scootertrash
02-24-2011, 01:08 PM
LOL!! They did have radiator/cooling fans, but most Model T fans had four blades. The mount on this is identical to the four blade fans I have seen, but this one has five. Maybe they thought 5 blades cooled better? The guy that gave me the info is going to check in some book about Model Ts to confirm that it was indeed an option. I would like to know if it was a Ford option or and aftermarket type of thing.
Kadmos
02-24-2011, 01:50 PM
By the amount of that period cars that you see in old movies with steam spewing out of the radiators, you'd think all of them would have fans.

Most didn't have water pumps, they worked on the premise that hot water would rise naturally and then fall as it cooled. It led to what we would certainly consider excessive loss.