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    The early engine cooling fan housings were aluminum. Were the accompanying fans aluminum or magnesium? Thanks.

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    Same material I believe just 250mm instead of the later 245mm.

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    I’m going to say the 250mm are magnesium. I know mine had corrosion that was not occurring on the fan housing.
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    I have a couple of the early early fans and although the shroud is aluminum, the fans appear to be magnesium. The finish on the fans is darker than the aluminum finish on the shroud but I don't have any way of definitively telling if it's mag or aluminum other than that.
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