<VV> The Great Fan Belt Toss

[GFrenzie@aol.com]

Recently while on my way to attending one of the largest one day car shows on 
the east coast, 1,000/1,200 vehicles (MG car/Victor Lions club, Victor, New 
York) my '61 Rampside 80 hp..decided to throw it's fan belt, not once, but 5 
times over a distance of 12 miles. Every time the fan belt came off, the 
generator light would stay on even after I turned the ignition off. I would then 
disconnect the ground lead on the battery and it would stop turning. 

When the belt came off the first time, I "looked" it over and it looked ok to 
me, it was intact (not broken) so I put it back on. Within a couple of miles, 
poof, off it went. To make a long story short, after reaching our 
destination, a club member gave me another fan belt and I installed it, and drove home 
after the show without any problems.

My question is....after the belt came off and I turned the ignition off, why 
did the generator keep running until I disconnected the battery lead?

Thanks for any input....
George