[Healeys] Fan Belt Issues

[Rich Chrysler]

Charlie, 

A serpentine belt (the name applied to belts with the inside notches) is
about all we can easily find these days and they run and last better than
the solid ones. An entrant fitting one of these belts will suffer a
deduction in the scoring process, albeit minimal. The reason for this is to
allow the margin for the fellow who shows up with a really correct period
style belt of exactly the right specifications and in excellent condition to
not suffer any deduction.
No, we don't want to see a 51 year old belt being used on a (hopefully)
driven car either.

Rich Chrysler
National Concours Registry 

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Charlie Baldwin
Sent: 2011-07-06 2:51
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fan Belt Issues

While we are discussing fan belts, the Concours Standards require a 
smooth v-belt.  It seems from the discussions here that finding any 
v-belt that is the correct size is difficult and most, if not all, of 
them available at auto stores have teeth in the underside.  My local 
Advance Auto Parts had no smooth ones at all.  Even those coming from 
Moss Motors were said to have fitment problems.
I have a factory original 51 year old fan belt from a 1960 BT7 that 
measures 44 1/4" around the outside.  Does the Concours committee expect 
us to dredge up old, unsafe belts like that to keep from getting a 
deduction?
Charlie