Well Hello First Gen Brothers and Sisters. I am in the process of a load of DIY projects for my '68 350 V8 2bbl Coupe and have come to see that the previous owner had a Champion aluminum electric (single fan) radiator installed. Hiccup right now is that the fan shroud/ is not the rite size for this new radiator. Looking over, under, and around I have found that 1) the top locking bolt was attempted in x3 drill holes before locked down to one; 2) the bottom of the shroud is held "tight" with a tension spring that is held in place by a long screw that was drilled into the lower end of the body and clamped to the bottom of shroud to create the tension.

This fubar attempt by the installer has resulted in the fan slapping the shroud when accelerating at take off. Started the motor, revved to get engine going, heard the screech, heard the knock knock, opened hood, saw what was happening, turned off the car, commenced to speak in less than stellar dialect.

So after all that, my question is that since the new radiator has a fan built into it, is there a "need" for the shroud or $$$ for an aluminum one that will secure/ fit properly. Looking for a second opinion from fellow actual Bird owners after I spoke with a local radiator specialist (high ranked on Yelp) who said the original engine fan is not really a need nor is the shroud since there is a fan already installed in the new radiator.

Thanks for the feed back on this. About to put it up on jacks and start on the u-joints, control arm upper and lower bushings (as opposed to replacing entire control arms at $$$ a piece) along with ball joints, alignment shims, trans and oil pan gaskets & filters, along with brake fluid and power steering fluid flush/ replacement. All listed to do items came after I took it in for an alignment/ balance/ inspection and the shop gave me a $3,768.38 quote to do these repairs.