67 BB Fan Shroud, Painted or Natural???

[George P.]

I know the judging guide says painted but I can't find anyone that agrees with that. Can anyone explain why this can't be clearly defined?

[John H.]

Re: 67 BB Fan Shroud, Painted or Natural???

George -

Good question! Both shrouds arrived at St. Louis as three separate pieces of fiberglass, and were bonded together in assembly fixtures into the final one-piece shroud. When I was there in '67-'68, I don't recall ever seeing any racks of fan shrouds entering, in, or leaving the Paint Shop.

I find it difficult to believe that the big-block shroud was carted off and painted after bonding and the nearly identical small-block shroud was not; both were dark gray fiberglass when they arrived. I didn't pay any attention to it at the time, and George Barlos (the process engineer that knew it all at St. Louis) is gone.