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Old 04-13-2012, 02:29 PM   #1
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Default Rust colored fan belt

I found a old rust colored fan belt in my pile of stuff. Cody-/Davis 8620. There also is a similiar one with no label?

Old repros?
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Old 04-13-2012, 03:58 PM   #2
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I got a reddish rust colored fan belt from Brattons, sometimes in the nineties. I don't think that they have been offered in years. I remember that the red belt was a little bit shorter than the black belts that were sold at the time. I think that the red belt was suppose to be the original type, That is why I wanted it. The one that I had didn't last that long and then, they were no longer offered by any of the places that I got parts.
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Old 04-13-2012, 04:40 PM   #3
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From what I was told red belts came on early a's from factory. I have a brand new one at my shop and no one has ever been interested in it.
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Old 04-13-2012, 05:55 PM   #4
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I've seen them on the Model T. I think some T suppliers still sell them.

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Old 04-14-2012, 12:33 AM   #5
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I had one and it wore out but I want to buy more...if any one knows where i can buy a few please let me know...
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Old 04-14-2012, 01:26 AM   #6
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A&L had been selling them but they stopped too. Fordbolts.com sells a belt paint that they say is to paint Model A belts the correct factory color. Never heard of painting a belt but I wish somebody would try it and give us a report.
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Old 04-14-2012, 07:00 AM   #7
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i thought in the early days that alot of red rubber was used ......
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Old 04-14-2012, 11:27 AM   #8
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If one looks closely at available factory photos taken in
the Model A era and compares the shading of the engine fan
belt to other rubber components, etc, he can not help but
conclude that they were different colors. Fortunately we have
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to develop a special color agent to change your black, post-war
service (or modern replacement) fan belt to the correct brown.
B-108-P Special fan belt coloring agent (it really does the job – one $ 15.95/half pint
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Old 04-14-2012, 03:31 PM   #9
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I have tried the fordbolts belt paint and yes it does kind of work. It does give the belt a redish brown look, like an original but it wears off where it runs on the pullies. I have run it many years and it does hold up on the outer flat surface but is now black else where. Did not really last to long on the pulley surface. It is kind of in the maybe better than nothing category but not really that great.
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Old 04-14-2012, 09:02 PM   #10
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Anyone care to post a picture of this elusive rusty red fan belt ????
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Old 04-15-2012, 12:34 AM   #11
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I bled on my fan belt & that reddish-brown spot was still there when I sold "Minerva!" Won't try that again, maybe some sort of shoe dyes, or maybe redish, orange lipstick like my Momma used? ( Bless her heart! ) Bill W.
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