62 Fan Shroud ???
 

Does antbody on here with a 60-62 have a factory fan shroud or was there ever any o.e. ones on our trucks ??? Pictures ??? If they did .. or know where I could find one ... Thanks :crazy:

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i haven't seen one but here is one on summit: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-381101/

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Here is a pic for you.

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WOW! That thing is crazy. It looks like the factory was using half shells from 55 gal drums!:lol:

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Yeah they don't look as nice as the '63-'66 shrouds.

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Thank You for the picture !!! Wow!! Thats some fan shroud .. but now I have an idea what to look for ..:chevy:

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No problem!

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That thing is hilarious!
Motivates me to just make my own ;)

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I got 2 original fan shrouds that fits 60-62 and I would be willing to part with one of them. Both are in excellent condition. I searched for 20 years to run up on these 2...very rare.

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I had mine chrome plated... :chevy:

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Okay,

Now I want one. :D

That looks so cool, and it still looks classic.

What's that stamp plate on it at the top?


I'm thinking now that the 55 gal drum cut to size and then chromed wouldn't look so bad after all.

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It's a metal valve cover decal... "Chevrolet 327 Turbo Fire" I riveted on there..

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^ It looked so official. :D
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You guys won't believe it.
I just found the makings of an old 62 Shroud right in my own backyard:
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...5/IMAG0408.jpg
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Nice!!

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This 58 shroud is very similar:
(not mine)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360495739928...84.m1423.l2649
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...8fanshroud.jpg

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I have a 64-66 Plastic / fiberglass fan shroud with a couple splits that I will part with if it would fit what your working on ... Can post pictures later

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That's the "standard" shroud, for regular radiator and manual-trans vehicles.
There are actually three different shrouds available for '60-'62 trucks.
Manual-trans 1/2-ton, early version, is shown upper left.
I've found one of those in a junkyard on an untouched '60 or '61... it was rotted away, so I left it, but it's the same one shown.
What I think is a later 1/2-ton shroud ('62, maybe '61) is the one on the upper right. The barrel at the radiator is wider than the mouth at the fan, so it covers more area on the radiator.
If you have an original automatic trans truck, you also got a bigger radiator, and it had the trans cooler built into it.
The automatic shroud is a full shroud that covers the whole radiator, has a notch at the bottom corner for the trans cooler lines, and attaches to tabs brazed onto the mounting flange of the radiator. Shown on bottom.
The other two don't cover the whole face of the radiator, and they mount using the six bolts that hold the radiator to the core support.
The auto-trans radiator and the 3/4-ton and up radiator are wider and a little taller, but are a direct bolt-in to a 1/2-ton '60-'62 truck. The core support, at least on my '61 Suburban, has the blind nuts in place for both radiators. They made-up the difference in the width of the core by making the mounting flanges narrower, thus keeping the mounting bolts in the same location, but put one farther down the core support.
Over a couple years, I scored all three of these shrouds... I put a 3/4-ton 4-row radiator in my '61 Suburban, and kept the full auto-trans shroud for it.
I got a repro heavy-duty 7-blade clutch fan from YearOne--the application was big-block Mopar with A/C. The Chevy and Mopar fans interchange... I got the largest diameter one, which filled the opening in the shroud the best. It was a toss-up between BBC with A/C and BBM with A/C... the Mopar was a little larger in diameter.
Spend the money for an authorized reproduction fan! The generic aftermarket fan had a warning sticker on it that said not to exceed 4,000rpm.
It's been a few years, and I never got around to making the mounting tabs for the shroud. The HD fan and 4-row radiator has kept my truck cool in Atlanta traffic in the summer. The fan, even set so far back, pulls enough air at idle to suck a piece of paper tight to the radiator from the front. It moves a LOT of air.
I expect it to pull birds out of the sky once I finally get the shroud on.
I just found another auto-trans full shroud and snapped it up. Shoot me a PM if anyone is interested.
-Brad

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My shroud is stock but was trimmed to allow my set up to fit correctly with the W/P and billet serp pulleys. I have a 1 inch spacer block in my set up, I swapped out the flex fan for a clutch fan , no temp change just could not stand the flex fan noise..

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Thank you Brad54 for the great info on the '60-'62 fan shrouds :)

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My 62 shroud arrived today.
I didn't remember the one I had from the 62 gmc donor having a taper.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...5/IMAG1478.jpg
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I very clearly remember the one I had like that tapering.

Congrats on getting it!

I pulled one out of a '62 dump truck, thinking it was the same. Nope. I can probably cut it down to work and still look right. I may, if I get bored and run out of projects in the shop!
Otherwise I'll just use the nice auto-trans version I have.
-Brad

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Thanks for the Congrats and confirmation regarding the taper.
It's been 25+ years since I saw the shroud I had. It most likely was tapered and I just never noticed.
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What is the difference in the one for a 63? I need one for my truck. It has a 283.