On 02/11/2018 05:01 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 23:10:22 -0000, rbowman wrote:

On 02/11/2018 02:58 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
My father's second car was a Citroen 2CV. You had to elect whether to
put a "muffler" over the front to make the engine warmer or colder
depending on the weather.

Big trucks often have those.

http://www.belmor.com/winterfronts.html

You used to see impromptu devices on cars but with most newer cars using
on-demand electric fans I haven't seen them lately.

By newer you mean since about 50 years ago?


More recent than that. My '86 Ford pickup has an engine driven fan but
it's a longitudinally mounted straight 6. Transverse mounts need an
electric fan if the radiator is positioned for ram air flow. I don't
know if any transverse engine cars also mounted the radiator sidesaddle.

I wouldn't be surprised if many of the SUVs derived from light trucks
still use mechanical fans, although they probable are clutch or flex
designs.