68 Fan Shroud - Need AIM page

[Donald H.]

I'm repairing a fan shroud for a friend. It was in a 66 big block, but from all the researching we have done it appears to be a 68 big block shroud.

Per the 66 and 67 AIMs, the three part of the shroud for 66 and 67 were the same with the exception of the Right (passenger) side.
I have seen a couple of eBay listings that claim to be 68 one year only listing the same part numbers as the 67 AIM (top 3888269, left 3886887, and right 3911110).

I have seen reference to an early and late 67 shroud. If this is true, I assume the Early would be the same as 66.

I would appreciate it if someone with a 68 AIM could post a picture of the shroud. It should be in the L36 section of the AIM and somewhere around page A3.

Thanks very much,
Don

[Gary C.]

Re: 68 Fan Shroud - Need AIM page

Don, 1968 AIM L36 shroud page A13. Gary....

AIM - 68 L36 Fan Shroud.jpg

[Donald H.]

Re: 68 Fan Shroud - Need AIM page

Thanks Gary. Exactly what I was after

[Donald H.]

Re: 68 Fan Shroud - Need AIM page

The 68 shroud parts are definitely different than 66 and 67.

[Gary B.]

Re: 68 Fan Shroud - Need AIM page

Early 68's suffered from severe cooling issues. Early L36 fan shrouds were metal, with a single rib. AIM L36, Sht A12, with no changes records indicate that. See Below.
Sheet L36 Sheet A11, shows a metal fan shroud with 2-ribs.
Sheet L36, Page A11 was revised 12-1-67 which shows a plastic fan shroud with a hole in the upper left corner.
Sheet L36, Sheet A11 dated 1-3-68 shows the hole removed.
The following 5-scans illustrate what I think was the progress of fan shrouds. My April 1 build L72 uses the final version.
Gary Bosselman

L36_A13_1.jpgL36_A13_2.jpgL36_A13_3.jpgL36_A13_4.jpgL36_A13_5.jpg

[Donald H.]

Re: 68 Fan Shroud - Need AIM page

Thanks Gary,

Very informative. What we have is definitely a 68 and we removed it from a 66!!

Don