Need help with some pics on the radiator "air shield" please

[moparedtn]

Gentlemen,
I am in process of putting back together missing parts for the underneath front end of Fred,
my 1968 GTX.
The previous owner had a bit of a mishap involving beer, no brakes and a shop wall many years ago
before I bought the car, which he "hid" via new bumper and a half-assed straightening of the grille.
Other miscellaneous loose parts came in the cars' trunk, one of which has always sort of been a
back-burner mystery to me over the years.

Turns out, it's the cars' front radiator air shield....which apparently was part of the repaint of Fred
before the drunken wall bonking episode. PO just took it off, mangled as it was and tossed it in
the trunk....

1968-1969 2856558 Plymouth b-body "air shield" is shown in the factory parts manual as:
My question is what else is in that immediate area?
I see where it bolts to the backside of the bumper, but I have no other clues and
it seems to me like there should be something between it and the bottom radiator support?
Does anyone/can anyone post some pics "straight down" behind the grille and in front of
the radiator in their '68-'69 Plymouth B-body please?

THANKS!
Ed

 

[davek]

@Charles Cook ,hook Ed up Mike

 

[Orig69]

The bottom of the radiator support also has holes for the air shield.

 

[moparedtn]

The bottom of the radiator support also has holes for the air shield.

True, but there are no corresponding holes in the shield....
Pics please?

 

[1 Wild R/T]

It only bolts to the bumper.... At least that's how my Coronet shield was...

Oh, and the bumper brackets...

Lower Bumper Shields | AMD 120-1468

www.autometaldirect.com

 

[moparedtn]

Note the holes in the front edge for the back of the bumper, but a lipped smooth edge towards the radiator
side.... is there something that goes between this and the radiator support?

 

[moparedtn]

It only bolts to the bumper.... At least that's how my Coronet shield was...

I'm about to arrive at that conclusion myself, thank you sir.

 

[beanhead]

It only bolts to the bumper.... At least that's how my Coronet shield was...

Same with my '68 Satellite.

 

[moparedtn]

Same with my '68 Satellite.

So no gasket or grommet or such? Do they actually touch one another?

 

[beanhead]

So no gasket or grommet or such? Do they actually touch one another?

Yeah it just bolts right against the bumper lip.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

It doesn't touch, it's close but it doesn't touch... And no seal of any sort... It prevents most of the air that enters the grill cavity from escaping & going under the radiator... Honestly, an air dam from the lower radiator support extending down 2-3" would be more effective, it would allow air to enter below the grill but limit it's ability to pass below the radiator, plus create a low pressure area behind & below the radiator....

 

[moparedtn]

It doesn't touch, it's close but it doesn't touch... And no seal of any sort... It prevents most of the air that enters the grill cavity from escaping & going under the radiator... Honestly, an air dam from the lower radiator support extending down 2-3" would be more effective, it would allow air to enter below the grill but limit it's ability to pass below the radiator, plus create a low pressure area behind & below the radiator....

Might be serving as a stone shield of some sort also?

 

[Charles Cook]

Here you go Ed.

 

[Orig69]

I believe it is bolted to the bumper bracket.

 

[Charles Cook]

It bolts to the bumper and bumper brackets

 

[moparedtn]

Here you go Ed.

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THANKS!!
I'd like to say the vertical support on Fred is as straight as yours, but....
Hell, none of it is exactly straight, honestly. Dude did a number on it all...
After getting the radiator to k-frame bracket FINALLY installed (it protested a lot)
and getting the vertical grille support bolted back up though, things are about
there good enough for me.

This plate is the last of it...other than the blasting of the cavity with satin black.

 

[moparedtn]

It bolts to the bumper and bumper brackets

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Thank you again for all the pics! Yours is so....straight compared to what we're dealing with.
Nonetheless, everything is about where it belongs thanks!

 

[Charles Cook]

No problem. Good luck, if you need any more pictures just let me know. My 68 dropped right in but my 70 was a little tougher for some reason. May have been bumped in the front before I bought it.

 

[hunt2elk]

I think they refer to that piece as a "gravel guard". Meant to save your radiator more than an air seal.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I think they refer to that piece as a "gravel guard". Meant to save your radiator more than an air seal.

Chrysler referred to it as an Air Shield... Refer to Ed's first post with the factory parts manual...