<VV> Faded Belts

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/18/2008 2:28:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

The  conclusion? The new belts took the most force to break, but even the  
faded, frazzled and chewed one took more force to break it than a human  
could impart to it and survive.

Your milage may vary,

Frank  DuVal



On  7 January, 2008, I had the steering freeze on my '65 ragtop and  rammed a 
post on a roadside steel fence.  Not fast, I had just pulled out  of a 
parking space and was making  a 180 which turned into a 270, but there  was bruising 
impact.  When I went to undo my seatbelt, I found that it had  torn in half 
from the impact.  The unit was not "faded, frazzled and  chewed" but was the 
original belt (or it was the one I had had on the car since  I bought it in 
'72.) Maybe I was just plain lucky to survive the accident with  bruises 
(particularly on my paunch) but the breaking definitely surprised  me.  Needless to 
say, the car I bought to replace it has NEW belts (at  least according to the 
'Vair dealer that sold me the car.)
 
Scotty from Hollyweird



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