VW belt change in 5 seconds

[MXHOWES at aol.com]

Back in the 60's, I drove my (MK 1 Sprite)356 SC from (Oakland to Klamath 
Falls) NJ to Richmond, using a twice  (once)  around piece of wet clothes 
line for a belt. Tighten as it  dried. There were  
high rpm problems (over 2K it would come  off). I was too young to realize 
that a Porsche dealer was not 
the   only place to get a belt.(I was in the absolute boonies, about 10F 
and  it took over 3 hours to go the last 50 mi, I don't know how many times 
the  'belt' came off')
 
Nice story Tom, it brings back some of those memories about  owning British 
Sports Cars.
 
And to add to another thread, in a MK 1 Sprite the MOST important tool  in 
the tool box was a sleeping bag.
Jim Howes