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Alex,
Please tell me you kept the numbers. Mine broke
and fell off, so I no longer have them. You did keep the
numbers for future reference, right? I mean, you did not post this message
to make me go, "ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!" did you?
Incidentally, I tried what you did myself at both NAPA and
Autozone last year. I came up with the shorter pair of belts but the
longer ones that drive the A/C and generator eluded me.
Using the Goodyear numbers from Mikey and the Gates numbers
from Andy Bernbaum, the good folks at NAPA have been able to order me what I
hope will turn out to be the right belts. I won't be able to get them
until Saturday.
I have already advised my wife and child to be out of the
house on Sunday when I try to fit them. Removing the fan from this vintage
of Imperial is a tricky business. Replacing it without damaging the
radiator is even trickier.
I have a shard of the original longer belt, so I know the
width. I may be obliged to measure the required length of the belt with
some string in order to get the right replacement. What a joke. Just
because the engine was discontinued 44 years ago, as has been discussed somewhat
exhaustedly here of late from an impractical, academic point of view, I don't
see why I cannot simply just walk into any car parts place and find them in
abundance on the shelf. I mean, where is the logic in their
unavailability? Don't us folks with all original Imperials count for
anything, even though we are an absolutely microscopic fraction of the general
public and even old car hobbyists? What has the world come
to?
Hugh
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