decided to take the wife for a ride last night.

[55delray]

and boy was it a ride.
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auto zone water pump let go at 7k when i shifted into high.

[chevman57]

Man i`m sorry to hear and see that. Bet you were sure surprised. Hope you can get it straightened out fairly easy. Good luck.
Terry

[D.S.]

That doesn't look like fun, had a fan blade break off once and go through the hose and hood like that but I didn't get anywhere near that much damage...

[dseale4888]

OUCH!!!!!! That is not nice. I hope everyone is O.K..
Dave

[CLSSY56]

I asked my wife the same thing, she told me to roll over and go back to bed....

Sorry to hear hear that bud. Hopefully it's a fairly quick turnaround.

[daves57]

was that 7 thousand miles or 7,000rpm?? bummer.

[Sweden]

Thats BAD!!!!

Hope you can fix it, without to much cost.

Owe

[55fazzi]

Wow!!!! Looks like the damage from a shotgun slug and samurai sword! Hope everyone is ok? This may be the time to upgrade to the aftermarket parts you want. The damage doesn't look to substantial. You should recover soon. Good luck.

Tom

[PaPa Mike]

7000rpm has a tendency to send defective parts into unwanted places. Hope you get it fixed and back on the road soon.Glad nobody got hurt.

[trifive]

I know this is off topic, but those alternator mounts are they made or can you buy them, they look very strong.

Otis

[Toms57chevy]

Wow Can we say hand grenade. Man that left a mark. Hope you get it back on the road soon.

[55delray]

was that 7 thousand miles or 7,000rpm?? bummer.

7000 rpm

[55delray]

I know this is off topic, but those alternator mounts are they made or can you buy them, they look very strong.

Otis

the altenator bracket is alan grove. not to terribly expensive. the serpentine setup is of an 85 pontiac parisenne with a 305.

http://www.alangrovecomponents.com/

going to upgrade to an electric pump and fans. looking at an aluminum radiator and maybe aluminum core support. thanks for support guys its like a kick to the nuts when something like this happens.

[ETriggs]

good googilie moogilie!!! Hopefully it won't take too much moolah or time to get it back on the road! Glad everyone is ok though!
Eldon

[Belairmark]

I had two blades on a viscous fan bend (?) driving to work and they then cut a ring out of my rad like that!! £275 ($425) for a recore! Put a Mr Gastet lekky fan on after that!

[1957chevy]

I see threads like this one and all I can think is that I should hire a tow truck to follow me around when I take my 57 out for it's first trip!

[Belairmark]

I see threads like this one and all I can think is that I should hire a tow truck to follow me around when I take my 57 out for it's first trip!

I'd been driving mine for nearly a year when that happened. I have no idea how, but I turned left into the street leading up to the office and klunk, woosh! All steam and no visibility!

My first drive was from the docks! All power (300 bhp) and original drums all round!:eek: Now with anti-roll bars F&R and discs with 9" servo, all is good!!:D

[keith]

Wow! some serious carnage. Was sitting in my buddys 70 1/2 camaro in the high school parking lot, he decides to impress or scare the girls walking by, fires it up, pins the throttle to the floor,, KABOOM! fan blades thru the hood.

[1quick57]

I got that 'sinking' feeling when I saw the photos....
Now that you have dried yourself off....time to get that thing repaired!
Did you show those photos to AutoZone? They SHOULD see them!

[dakotamik]

:eek: Wow! Sorry to see that! I'm sure that was lots of thrills-n-chills!! You may have a hard time taking the wife out crusin for a while. Good luck on the repairs!

[warpwr]

Damn! That sucker really came unglued.

I hope you have an explosion proof bell-housing or a scatter shield.
Those clutches and pressure plates can go off like Auto-Zone water pumps at 7 thousand.