<VV> The CORRECT FAN COLOR

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If I recall correctly, I think that early mag fans were painted black for a
while, but the factory discontinued that. Possibly a leftover practice from
building the steel fans.

I DO know that later fans were left bare metal color. Whether they were
even coated with anything (like clear) is debatable.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: <VV> The CORRECT FAN COLOR
>
> Seth wrote:
>
> >... it is  definitely a coated surface and dark-ish gray! P/N is 3828742
...
> >  
>
> I have no doubt that Seth describes his part accurately, but I did own 
> two second-owner Corsa's in the Back When and have what I think are 
> distinct memories of a Black coating on the mag fan, especially under 
> the pulley and on the inside of the recess where the bearing resides -- 
> I remember this because the coating, while paint like, did not appear to 
> be ordinary paint.  I wonder if this coating, sitting around in a box or 
> on a car for maybe 40 some odd years didn't itself oxidize to a less 
> black color ...  or maybe the coating was changed sometime after 1966 ...
>
> Or maybe it is my memories that have oxidized --
>
> I am sure we aren't confusing this with the Porsche 356 where the fan 
> shrouds were painted gray (instead of black) on the Super engines.
>
> Bill Strickland