Hi all,

From what I had seen on this subject ,had me convinced the early Villiers motors with the alloy cake tin top
used leather fan blades and not rubber.

1 Patents from the time mention rubber blades or rubber like blades.

2 I just cant imagine the rubber blades back in 1954 would be very durable.

3 when looking at an original black and white image it shows the light coloured alloy flywheel cover with light
coloured fan blades ,if assuming the blades were rubber they would be black and the fan blades in the black
and white image are not black.

4 The narrow slits on the flywheel cover suggest that if thin rubber was inserted here it would not hold its shape.

So if anyone has any thoughts on whether the fan blades are rubber or leather ,it would be good to get other people's
opinions here, as I hadn't considered rubber blades could work.

Villager had this type of cooling system. https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/79231/VILLAGER_MOWERS_-_Twin_Cooling.html

Champion was another that used this cooling system. https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/112665/champion-first-model-c1954.html

I'd thought some old mowers still had some leather blades fitted but don't recall seeing rubber blades.

Cheers
Max

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