Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

T-Shirt is fine:-)

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I am figuring out the cooling system this week:-)

KA water pump pulley:-)
I haven't been able to see the code KB on the crank pulley yet?
400269 water pump, is also yet to be determined.

I also wonder if the car should have a fan shroud?

What I looked up so far says W-31 had no shroud.....Al (original owner doesn't remember one)




Ryan

[Postsedan]

All 1969 GM a-bodies had shrouds [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

So I will keep looking for one

Ryan

[Stefano]

Yes Ram Rods and W-31s had fan shrouds.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Stefano, could I bother you for a part number?

I don't want a new part, as I have seen you can still buy these from GM, but a modern part:-(

Ryan

[PeteLeathersac]

Not sure w/ '69 W31's but besides HD cooling, some rear axle ratios dictated whether shrouds were included w/ other 68-72 A-bodies.
Destined for Canada or CA may make a difference too but what axle is your car Ryan also is the ratio of the one Stefano posted known?
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]
~ Pete

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Mine has 3.42, I think Stefano's is 3.91

V02, vs V01 Radiator

Ryan

[83hurstguy]

Ton of info (and arguments) about shrouds here: http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...n-shrouds.html

Post 13 starts a discussion on '69 W-cars. The PIM appears to say &quot;no&quot; for an OAI car with manual trans, other people are saying &quot;yes they got them&quot;.

If you are planning on street driving this thing, I would put the shroud on it. Points for correctness don't matter when you are puking antifreeze everywhere on the side of the road. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

Dave H does not have a shroud on his original owner '68 Ram Rod. I just double checked my MCACN pictures to be sure.

One other side note, Stefano, the shroud on that Ram Rod is a '69-up piece due to the square bump for the hose strap (that's not there), so it's very likely not original to the car. '68 used a one year only shroud, the upper hose straps directly to the top core support instead of the plastic shroud in both small block and big block cars.

[Stefano]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 83hurstguy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ton of info (and arguments) about shrouds here: http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...n-shrouds.html

Post 13 starts a discussion on '69 W-cars. The PIM appears to say &quot;no&quot; for an OAI car with manual trans, other people are saying &quot;yes they got them&quot;.

If you are planning on street driving this thing, I would put the shroud on it. Points for correctness don't matter when you are puking antifreeze everywhere on the side of the road. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

Dave H does not have a shroud on his original owner '68 Ram Rod. I just double checked my MCACN pictures to be sure.

One other side note, Stefano, the shroud on that Ram Rod is a '69-up piece due to the square bump for the hose strap (that's not there), so it's very likely not original to the car. '68 used a one year only shroud, the upper hose straps directly to the top core support instead of the plastic shroud in both small block and big block cars. </div></div>

The Pics I posted are a 1969 W-31.