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Offline WkillGS

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Re: about to PART OUT 1965 4 door !!!!
« Reply #60 on: March 02, 2016, 11:40:30 PM »

Yeah not looking for a clutch fan at the moment. Just a regular style fan.

There was a 7 blade fan available (non-clutch) that works very well. I'd suggest one of those over the 4 blade ones.
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Re: Been this route with my wagon. (Re: Vintage air with what engine?)
« Reply #61 on: March 03, 2016, 12:36:26 PM »
Dear Bob and mid-60s Buick coolcats, . . . .  :glasses9:

Bob, what engine will be driving this this Vintage Air compressor?  One big problems with Vintage Air is finding a bracket to support the Sanden compressor.  Have you solved this problem?

Edouard, I had not thought that far ahead yet, as it's still pretty far outside my budget  :icon_scratch:

If you decide to go the Vintage Air route, I can probably give you some pointers because my trusty 1965 Buick Special wagon has been upgraded to Vintage Air (she used to only have "roll down the windows" air!  :laughing7:  ).  There are some tricks to get Vintage Air to work with a 1964-5 Buick A-body (perhaps others.)

Unfortunately one serious obstacle is mounting the Sanden compressor.  I had a custom big-block Buick engine built for my wagon and the engine builder managed to splice the Sanden compressor bracket into a Buick big-block bracket for the AC compressor of the day.  You might need to do the same if you want to stick with the Buick 340 that's in your 'Lark right now.

Of course you could always go for a Buick big-block!!  Somebody is now making brackets for the Sanden compressor for that engine.  Unfortunately, it may be a bit of a hard sell to insist you need a Buick big-block just because it is the only Buick engine right now with an "off the rack" bracket for the Vintage Air compressor!  :laughing7:

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:

Haha, well swapping motors to get the right bracket is a bit overkill for me  :laughing1:. Besides, my 340 has already been rebuilt and never fired, so I'll be sticking with it for quite some time. Also, I work with Laser Measurement devices for a living, so I'll probably just 3D scan the mounting holes of the 340 head in relation to the existing pulleys and then scan the hole locations of what ever pump I use. I can then use that data to reverse engineer a bracket that works for both! Easier said than done, but still in the realm of possibility  :occasion14:

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Re: about to PART OUT 1965 4 door !!!!
« Reply #62 on: March 03, 2016, 12:37:49 PM »

Yeah not looking for a clutch fan at the moment. Just a regular style fan.

There was a 7 blade fan available (non-clutch) that works very well. I'd suggest one of those over the 4 blade ones.

Cool. I've found a few universal 7 blade flex fans that supposedly fit the 300/340 water pump. Are those the ones you're talking about?

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Re: about to PART OUT 1965 4 door !!!!
« Reply #63 on: March 04, 2016, 10:16:26 AM »
Hey BOB-O   I have a couple solid mount fans, do you need a spacer as well? Just send me a PM
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