Hi Don
Breaking the original metal fan blades is neither new, or uncommon.
Patrick Quinn Esq. wrote this about a 6 hour relay race back in 1973:
"Having a fan blade coming adrift is serious enough but as it made its
escape it sliced through the radiator inlet pipe on the top header tank
before bouncing off the underneath of the bonnet and slicing back through
the header tank and into the radiator itself."
http://www.myaustinhealey.com/calder_73_story_pat_quinn.html
Best
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <don@anglesey.us>
To: "'tammie wall'" <whammie@iopener.net>; <tblubaugh@verizon.net>;
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:42 AM
Subject: RE: Texas Coolers
> "i have have personally seen more stress related fractures on the
> original metal fans with severe body damage resulting than on the molded
> plastic kooler. i would venture to say the stress related kooler
> failures are more likely because of engagement with something in the
> cooling plane which will destroy the kooler.
> jerry wall"
>
> That's funny, every year we go thru this on the list and I have yet to
> hear of a metal fan going thru a AH radiator. Only seems to be the
> Texas cooler, but hey I am not trying to sell you one.
> Don
> Flame away
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