Of Radiators and Fans

A potential fan and cowl for my radiator: The "Jegster." (Who the hell comes up with these names?)

VW frustrates the hell out of me some times.
My 'AL' 525mm radiator is stock in these cars "without AC." Now I have to find shrouds for them, or otherwise hack cooling systems into place on them. The measurements for the VW OEM 321-121-253AL radiator are 525x322x34mm
or 20.6693" x 12.6772" x 1.33858"

Cabriolet	1990-1992 1.8L Digifant
Cabriolet	1980-1989 1.8L CIS
Golf/GTI II	1985-1987 8V CIS
Golf/GTI II	1990-1992 2.0L 16V
Golf/GTI II	1985-1987 GTI 8V
Golf/GTI II	1987-1989 1.8L 16V
Golf/GTI II	1988-1992 8V Digifant
Jetta I	1980-1984 1.8L
Jetta I	1980-1984 1.6L
Jetta II	1990-1992 2.0L 16V
Jetta II	1985-1987 8V CIS
Jetta II	1988-1992 8V Digifant
Jetta II	1985-1987 GLI 8V
Jetta II	1987-1989 1.8L 16V
Pickup	1979-1981 1.6L
Pickup	1979-1981 1.8L
Rabbit GTI	1983-1984 1.8L 8V
Rabbit non GTI	1980-1984 1.8L
Rabbit non GTI	1977-1984 1.6L

I finally got sat down with someone who works on these cars: The hilarious part in a nutshell: ANY of the A1,A2 shrouds will fit my radiator. ANY. The only differences were whether the vehicle had air conditioning, and that was mostly a matter of what fan was installed. What an enormous, pointless waste of time researching this!

This does bring me to a point that I am unhappy with: There are no new sources for these radiator shrouds. They are as common as grass, certainly. But they are NOT available NEW, which violates one of the principles of VolksarU: Sourcing COTS parts whenever possible. These are not COTS. The are out of the wrecking yard. But the radiator is the most perfect fit for the space, and the fan is necessarily the best fan for the radiator.