Fan spacer finish?

[a6t9vette]

What is the correct finish on the fan spacer (383/Auto/22" Radiator)? Im assuming it should be unfinished/natural?

 

[69hemibeep]

What is the correct finish on the fan spacer (383/Auto/22" Radiator)? Im assuming it should be unfinished/natural?

I maybe wrong but I think they all had a fan clutch not a spacer. Hopefully someone will chime in and save me if so

 

[Roadcuda]

What is the correct finish on the fan spacer (383/Auto/22" Radiator)? Im assuming it should be unfinished/natural?

I maybe wrong but I think they all had a fan clutch not a spacer. Hopefully someone will chime in and save me if so

My fan dosen't have a clutch. It is a solid mount that the fan bolts to, which of course mounts to the water pump. In my case it is all black. The fan clutches I have seen are unfinished.

 

[zupanj]

Actually I have been thinking about this for my hemi installation. I have my 383 fan that seems to be one piece with the spacer molded to the fan and it's painted black. I also bought a hemi fan about a year ago on ebay. This fan has no spacer and a small hole in the middle. The hemi fan is quite a bit larger than the 383 fan so I may need it before I'm done. I intend to use the 383 fan and see if it works with the hemi. I bought a 22" triple pass radiator from US Radiator and I think it will provide plenty of cooling capacity. If this doesn't work I figured I would try the shroud with this fan next as I prefer keeping a somewhat stock look. Then is that doesn't work using the larger fan. I guess I will need to get a new fan clutch for the larger fan but I am pretty sure the shroud won't work with the larger fan.

 

[Plymouthfan]

What is the correct finish on the fan spacer (383/Auto/22" Radiator)? Im assuming it should be unfinished/natural?

I'm almost 100% sure it's black.

Mine had a four blade, clutchless fan with the spacer painted black. Once you get a fan clutch, you lose the spacer.

 

[toms69rr]

Mine has a spacer. Puts the fan about 1/2 inch back from the radiator.
I will look for my restoration guide, but I painted mine black. Didn’t care if it was correct or not. It looked good

 

[a6t9vette]

I have what is listed as the original p/n for a 69/383/auto #1825932, and its also dated '69. Its currenty painted silver (obviously new) but from picking off a small flake of paint it looks to be a unfinished aluminum piece. Looks like I will be taking some reference pictures at Carlsile this weekend.....

 

[Basketcase]

all the ones I've had were unfinished aluminum.