Attached are some of the pix mentioned in my post above. I can't attach all of them because we are limited to five pictures, so if you want to see more, you'll need to try the links and endure the pop-ups on PB.
I have a friend who is an excellent fabricator who specializes in making aluminum fan shrouds for hot rods. He has developed tools and techniques such as rolling the edge to allow the exposed fan tips to catch and channel more air just for making fan shrouds. He makes them for high end projects on the West Coast including doing the custom ones for SoCal Speed Shop.
A couple months ago, he was in my garage looking for ideas for a '56 big window that he wants to begin. He saw my factory shroud and scratched his head because he had never seen one before. I explained the high capacity option discussed in my above post. I also mentioned that there isn't one available for sixes with a standard radiator and that I occasionally see requests for them on Stovebolt, especially when someone is adding AC.
He took that as a challenge. Using my shroud as a guide and a spare standard radiator that I had laying around, he fabbed a shroud to fit the standard radiator and either the stock four blade 20" fan or the optional five blade 20" fan on either a 235 or 261.
I am going to install the shroud with a standard radiator this weekend so that we can test it.
When I have some results and pictures, I'll begin a new topic to share the info.
