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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>G’day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Radiator fans can be very dangerous things.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>A few months back I wrote an article for Vintage Racecar Magazine on a racing Studebaker Commander (popular in Australia during the 1960s being one of the few V8 powered cars available). Some years after the owner retired the car from competition he was tuning it and on revving the engine the fan blade broke and hit him in the head. He spent a few weeks in hospital before he died as a result of the accident.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hoo Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Patrick Quinn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Blue Mountains, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 3 January 2015 11:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> Gary R. Brierton; healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] MORE texas cooler<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Back in the day, my 1967 BJ8 lost the original fan blade one day when I was aggressively revving the engine under load after a tune-up. Suddenly there was a bang! The windscreen was covered with coolant. </span></strong><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The blade exited the wheel well sheet metal. It destroyed the radiator and water pump.</span></strong><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The next day I borrowed my mom's car and drove to a new job for my first day. There I met a gentleman and I told him of my incident. He said to stop by his house after work, which I did. His garage was filled with many Austin Healey 3000 parts. I bought a new rad, water pump, and fan for chump change. Boy, was I a happy camper. </span></strong><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>== Alex in Maine</span></strong><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong></span></b><em><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"The Blue Mainie," 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7</span></b></em><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> "Conkling," 1946 M.G. TC #1321</span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Former owner 1957 A-H 100-6, 1967 A-H BJ8, </span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 1965 MG Midget ‹(•¿•)›</span></em><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></em></span></i></b><strong><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://ai2q.org/"><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://ai2q.org/</span></em></a></span></strong><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:gbrierton@hotmail.com" title="gbrierton@hotmail.com">Gary R. Brierton</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" title="healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Wednesday, December 31, 2014 1:02 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Re: [Healeys] texas cooler<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>In the late 60’s, driving my original BJ8 across the western US Deserts at an unreasonable speed, I lost one blade of the original 4 blade-2 piece fan. Me being a very lucky SOB, the blade went straight down and buried itself in the chassis cross member! Had it gone anywhere out of about a 45 degree arc, it would have taken out a front tire, the bonnet or the shroud with disastrous effect. I removed the broken blade from the shaft, completed my trip and took the car back to the selling dealer in Rockford, IL for replacement. This was an original car, purchased new by me from the dealer. I probably had 4-5,000 miles on it at the time of the mishap. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Another club member here in the Triad has lost one blade, twice in succession, on his BJ8. Don’t know if they were originals.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>GaryB<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>