I kept the aluminum fan from my '79 300CD and after all these years, I finally found a good use for it. I fit it up with a clock. I still need to buff the blade on a wheel, but it's looking pretty good in my shop. If anyone wants to do this, a 2 3/8" fit-up clock will work in the center hole without modification. I bought this one, with a 4" face from Ronell Clock:

https://ronellclock.com/4-Quartz-Fit-up-Movement-Ivory-Dial-Arabic-MF-400V.htm

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Awesome! I like it!

So sweet .....

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Fun !

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Very nice. Thanks.

The fins are not evenly spaced. Was this the change the quality of the noise or something?

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Prolly to avoid harmonics (whatever that is). I had one of those aluminum blades break off one time on my 62 190c. I cut off the one opposite to balance it out and kept driving it.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Sweet. I could get away with this in the garage but not in the house.

Years ago I used the big clock from an 1982 240d as a desk clock. I planned to make a case but I never did it. I just ran it in its open state.

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Nice idea. I have probably 10 of these things now.

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I knew I kept the old aluminum fan from OM602 for a reason.

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The fins are unevenly spaced to reduce, or rather, to tune noise. Evenly spaced fins produce a sinusoidal wave, which you would hear as a hum or whine depending on the speed of the blade. By spacing the blades at irregular intervals, the resulting sound is white noise. I have to say it's very impressive that these irregular blades have perfect balance.

Curious, it's shaped like a 5 pointed star. Why didn't you position the clock so it looks like the star?

Looks good, perfect office or garage accessory.

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Typically this is so you can maneuver belts and wrenches around the blades when working.

My 2000 truck has weirdly placed blades too.

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agreed! the OCD in me is twitching...

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Take a closer look. First of all, there are six blades, not five. Second, every angle is different. Not done for tool access (that's pretty funny), done to reduce noise.