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I had a 52 Henry J with a Chevy 265 V8 and 3 speed manual transmission. On July 21st, 1969 the flywheel exploded as I was driving home from a local grade school. I had driven to the school to set the engine timing with reduced ambient light. I decided to go the school parking lot because neighbor Bill was trying to watch some guy walk on the moon and my solid core plug wires were not helping his TV reception. The shrapnel from the flywheel explosion put 2 holes in the hood, took out the left front tire, cut off the distributor at the neck and put a hole in the block. Luckily the guy that built the car had reinforced the floor or I may have lost a foot. The next small block Chevy engine that went into my Henry J had a forged flywheel and Lakewood scatter shield. DP
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