So....on my roadster pickup, it's powered by a ford ranger 2.3 overhead cam four cylinder, 86 vintage. Alternator is 93 ish, distributor is early 90 ish, carb is ford rebuild, unknown vintage. Engine fan was a real nice clutch driven plastic job that sucked a ton of air......till the blades started to break off, I guess forty years of pulling air was enough. Well, I thought it was made of plastic, but...turns out it's made of unobtanium and not available anymore. So....ingenuity kicks in, and root through the useless junk pile, got some stuff, call a buddy, root through his pile and voila, a solution is cobbled up, I even went to the local parts house and purchased new bolts to make sure it was gonna work. Got a five blade aftermarket high tech looking , flattens out with rpm shiny beauty on there now, just waiting for the blade to come though the hood at 6000 rpm, but for now it keeps me on the road. Ahhhh hot rodding.....
Anything made of plastic is not "old parts". Try finding a fan for a 32 Ford. You would have to root through piles from here to eternity to find one.
trollst, when was that picture taken. There's no way you're running you stove at this time of the year!
Last winter, and yes, later today I'll post some pics. The rags are far from the stove, its all camera angle, I love my shop too much to burn it down.