I once had to nurse Ras Bully Split (’66 Westly) home using a tightly a pair of nylons (volunteered by a passenger) in lieu of the broken belt.    

The one time I didn’t have at least one spare on board  (I had stopped to help a beetle in need a few days earlier and had not gotten around to putting another belt under the rear bench).

> On 05-Aug-2018, at 18:47, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I once ran my Vw inline powered van about 40 miles with a rubber tire
> chains tension rubber as the alternator/coolant pump belt.  Midnight
> failure, near Kramer JCT in the desert nowhere.   I figured if I got to the
> town of Mojave, I'd find an auto parts store...
>   But I pulled into Trona for a nap, and at sunrise I discovered I'd
> parked near a funky old shop saying "mechanic"...stuck my head inside,
> someone answered...and it turns out they had a junker VW rabbit out back
> with a belt on it..Drove on to Washington state, no problemo...
> .
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 2:18 PM Robert Clemmer <n51219@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Never toss your old belts. Put them under your seat for just this reason.
>>