Had the misfortune to hit a deer the other week while running about 40 mph in my '85 300TD. Caught it square in the grill...

Spent today pulling the radiator and a/c condenser from the car.

Primary question is... Are the angled supports straight along their length, or are they supposed to have gentle bends in them (referring to the braces to which the auxiliary fan in front of the condenser is mounted)? I can't recall, and I'm trying to get everything back to square to the maximum extent possible.

Supplemental question, can the cooling fan be separated from the viscous clutch or is it all one unit (lost two blades from mine when the radiator was pushed back far enough to contact them).

Thanks as ever,
Dave

P.S. As a side-note, and just a 'feeler' at this point, anyone not too far from Williamsburg, VA. have a good condition hood (color code 900, surfblau) and grill available?