This is what happened when the pressure plate in SONEAT (Dad's '68 Sonett)... Grenaded. http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2927/151414048_4SUUD-Ti.jpg http://at-speed.smugmug.com/gallery/2828899_mhvVV/ 2007-11-15T02:37:37Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414048_4SUUD" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2927/151414048_4SUUD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:21:43Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2927/151414048_4SUUD-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:11:54 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414059_QzgrN" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2928/151414059_QzgrN-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:17:40Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2928/151414059_QzgrN-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:14:05 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414070_g4TYG" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2930/151414070_g4TYG-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:19:03Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2930/151414070_g4TYG-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:16:17 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414084_6ouAG" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2931/151414084_6ouAG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:20:49Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2931/151414084_6ouAG-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:16:35 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414103_Uy8zn" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2932/151414103_Uy8zn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:20:49Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2932/151414103_Uy8zn-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:16:51 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414125_7KEXP" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2936/151414125_7KEXP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:22:49Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2936/151414125_7KEXP-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:17:40 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a 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1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:22:52Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2939/151414166_wRc3Q-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:34:20 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414189_NAk4b" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2940/151414189_NAk4b-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:22:03Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2940/151414189_NAk4b-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:34:22 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414202_RLL6x" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2941/151414202_RLL6x-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:15:27Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2941/151414202_RLL6x-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:34:32 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#151414156_oCkQc" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2942/151414156_oCkQc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:19:56Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG2942/151414156_oCkQc-Th.jpg 2007-05-05 11:34:40 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a><br />Bent input shaft and destroyed bell housing.</p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153412530_kFVuU" title="Bent input shaft and destroyed bell housing."><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3931/153412530_kFVuU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Bent input shaft and destroyed bell housing." title="Bent input shaft and destroyed bell housing." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T09:33:21Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3931/153412530_kFVuU-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 13:59:14 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a><br />This is the floor of the engine bay, looking from front to back. The ring gear flailing about simply cut through the boxed section that borders the hole underneath the transmission.</p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153412846_YF5gc" title="This is the floor of the engine bay, looking from front to back. The ring gear flailing about simply cut through the boxed section that borders the hole underneath the transmission."><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3933/153412846_YF5gc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is the floor of the engine bay, looking from front to back. The ring gear flailing about simply cut through the boxed section that borders the hole underneath the transmission." title="This is the floor of the engine bay, looking from front to back. The ring gear flailing about simply cut through the boxed section that borders the hole underneath the transmission." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T09:33:41Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3933/153412846_YF5gc-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 13:59:51 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a><br />This is looking from inside the engine bay, through the hole in the side of the bay that a piece of flywheel or pressure plate made... The white thing visible through the hole is the Koni da ...</p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153413217_iWGuT" title="This is looking from inside the engine bay, through the hole in the side of the bay that a piece of flywheel or pressure plate made... The white thing visible through the hole is the Koni da ..."><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3935/153413217_iWGuT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is looking from inside the engine bay, through the hole in the side of the bay that a piece of flywheel or pressure plate made... The white thing visible through the hole is the Koni da ..." title="This is looking from inside the engine bay, through the hole in the side of the bay that a piece of flywheel or pressure plate made... The white thing visible through the hole is the Koni da ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T12:06:16Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3935/153413217_iWGuT-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:00:08 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a><br />Again, looking from the engine bay out through the hole from the shrapnel and seeing the dented shock.</p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153413622_bqLmc" title="Again, looking from the engine bay out through the hole from the shrapnel and seeing the dented shock."><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3936/153413622_bqLmc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Again, looking from the engine bay out through the hole from the shrapnel and seeing the dented shock." title="Again, looking from the engine bay out through the hole from the shrapnel and seeing the dented shock." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T12:07:48Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3936/153413622_bqLmc-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:00:21 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a><br />With the driveshaft whacking about, it bent the suspension tower.</p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153414131_GodWe" title="With the driveshaft whacking about, it bent the suspension tower."><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3937/153414131_GodWe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="With the driveshaft whacking about, it bent the suspension tower." title="With the driveshaft whacking about, it bent the suspension tower." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T12:08:53Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3937/153414131_GodWe-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:00:31 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153414541_xh7sW" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3940/153414541_xh7sW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T12:10:34Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3940/153414541_xh7sW-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:01:19 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153415034_pEncV" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3941/153415034_pEncV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T12:03:35Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3941/153415034_pEncV-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:01:38 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153415400_wodYQ" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3942/153415400_wodYQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T12:06:31Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3942/153415400_wodYQ-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:01:52 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a><br />It is about this time that I discover the gouge in the oil pan and the hole in the oil filter.</p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153415862_3qXoN" title="It is about this time that I discover the gouge in the oil pan and the hole in the oil filter."><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3943/153415862_3qXoN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="It is about this time that I discover the gouge in the oil pan and the hole in the oil filter." title="It is about this time that I discover the gouge in the oil pan and the hole in the oil filter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-09T05:30:09Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3943/153415862_3qXoN-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:03:08 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153416202_QmDTa" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3944/153416202_QmDTa-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-09T05:44:36Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3944/153416202_QmDTa-Th.jpg 2007-05-12 14:03:19 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a><br />Oops. Lost a tooth.</p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#153416564_yxv7P" title="Oops. Lost a tooth."><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3945/153416564_yxv7P-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Oops. Lost a tooth." title="Oops. Lost a tooth." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-02T12:24:38Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG3945/153416564_yxv7P-Th-1.jpg 2007-05-12 14:08:31 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#221776857_LVkoG" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5075/221776857_LVkoG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-01T11:28:35Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5075/221776857_LVkoG-Th.jpg 2007-10-15 23:14:30 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#221777019_Nn5Sq" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5077/221777019_Nn5Sq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-01T11:24:20Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5077/221777019_Nn5Sq-Th.jpg 2007-10-15 23:14:41 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#221776556_ZGrvH" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5079/221776556_ZGrvH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-01T11:29:14Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5079/221776556_ZGrvH-Th.jpg 2007-10-15 23:15:10 <p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com">at-speed</a> </p><p><a href="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/2828899_mhvVV#221776705_Prsxb" title="at-speed's photo"><img src="http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5080/221776705_Prsxb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="at-speed's photo" title="at-speed's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-01T11:28:59Z at-speed http://at-speed.smugmug.com http://at-speed.smugmug.com/Cars/1968-Sonett-SONEAT/cataclysmic-component-failure/IMG5080/221776705_Prsxb-Th.jpg 2007-10-15 23:15:25