Every body's pounding thier chest and insisting that thier car is origional. I'm not disputing that because the record is already clear on that. All i'm saying is notched fans go on PS cars, Feel free to disagree but it does not alter the facts.
Just trying to set the record streight for those who want to restore or establish the authenticity of thier car. Not saying any car is not origional. Just want to help people make thier car origional. And I am no athority. I'm not relinquishing control to anybody else either
whats really funny is you can get people on this thread to insist that a one off or early car can have a unique combination of parts and while it does not represent the majority it still COULD be correct. Meanwhile another thread will discuss a totaly different part under exactly the same conditions and that part is incorrect under any circumstances. sp niether I or anybody else has the power to dictate to others what is correct, authentic or origional. Rather that fight it out I suggest we refer to the service , repair and or parts manuals. As in government we must be carefull whom we empower to dictate and mandate to us.
who knows. So I ask that those of us who have these unique combinations of parts and are desparate to get affirmation from the heard, sit this out and appriciate that the question and answer appeals to the majority and the mainstream. Not everybody is going to restore thier car to a standard based on a single example contrary to all the supporting documentation and huge numbers of other cars that comform to the norm. Often vehicles will be found with strange combinations of parts. what never seems to be considered is the possibility that at some point in 35-45 years those parts might have been changed.This possibility deserves equal consideration. and some of us might have to accept that our cars are not origional even if they have an assorment of parts that were correct on similar cars. Correct and origional are different.
There is a difference between what is correct and what is possible. In judging it is the responsibility of the owner to prove...in some cases against all suporting documentation that his unique combination is correct. Does not mean its wrong it means prove it.
So let me say statistically speaking a very very large majority of the cars that had this notched fan also have PS. The pontiac service and parts manual support this supposition. If I were to restor my car correctly and wanted to suport my restoration choice with proper, authentic accepted documentation; my car if it had the notched fan would also have the power steering. Sorry, I did not make these rules. way it is.
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