Re: A '54 named Busty
a while back we've determined that there is no room for the mechanical fan
well even in order for me to run a stock but new aluminum radiator (radiators were tall and narrow back then, now they are short and wide) I have to mount it in front of the radiator frame not behind it, if you are standing in front of the truck, that's the only way to even fit an electric fan in between it and the water pump pulley
so in order to mount the radiator fan in front of the radiator frame I had to chop and roll the bottom grille piece. This happens to be a very unique grille limited only to 54 and early 55 years, I believe the earlier grilles allowed for way more real estate behind them, oh well, I love this grille
I believe rolling it over like that will keep some of it's integrity, I wish I had a shrinking machine
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