RE: [Chrysler300] Radiator fan shroud

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

I have seen that on all '55 Chrysler hemi's, there is a round fan shroud
tube encircling the fan.  On a/c cars, there is an additional box around the
back of the radiator to assure fan-forced air passing over and through the
squared-off corners of the radiator.  Otherwise, the air flowing through the
corners of the radiator core would only be speed-induced and this would be
negligible in stop-n-go traffic.  Perhaps this practice continued on into
later years so that you may want to be sure to obtain the fully-boxed shroud
if that was standard on the '57 a/c cars.  I believe the number of fan
blades, water pump impeller blades and pulley ratios are different, also.  

 

My '55 C-300 heats up in stop-n-go traffic without the box shroud and
without a/c.

 

Rich Barber

Brentwood, CA

 

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ray Melton
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 12:10 PM
To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] Radiator fan shroud

 

  

Hello All -

I am carefully restoring my late father's 1957 Chrysler 300C convertible
with air conditioning. I understand that only the A/C cars were equipped
with the SilentFlite over-running fan clutch and a fan shroud to improve
cooling efficiency, especially at low or stop-and-go speeds. I have found a
new thermal-actuated fan clutch as a viable alternative to the apparently
NLA SilentFlite, but for over six months I have not been able to find a fan
shroud from any of the numerous salvage yards suggested to me. I am now
resigned to having the shop in charge of the restoration fabricate one from
scratch - he's an excellent metal fabricator. However, we need a model upon
which to base this fabrication.

I understand that such a fan shroud would appear on the 1957 and 1958
Chryslers, Desotos and Imperials equipped with factory air conditioning. If
any members have such a fan shroud on their air-conditioned cars (or know of
someone else who has one), I would really appreciate it if you could send me
a few photos of it from whatever best angles you can see (left side, right
side, top view, how/where it attaches to the radiator frame, etc.) so we can
best replicate the shape of your original. And other descriptive details
would help a lot, too, such as, ".top/bottom pieces are split horizontally
and screwed together at small flanges on the sides.", etc. NOTE: that
"description" is totally made up, just for illustration of the kind of
descriptions that would really help this reconstruction.

Any help would be sincerely appreciated.

Ray Melton

Las Cruces, NM

1957 Chrysler 300C convertible white/Gauguin

S/N 3NE572517

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