Love to see people thinking outside the box! Why spend big bucks on something that still works. Good on you buddy, and you I am looking at going the same direction with the belts in my 68 Dart.
I figured if I messed it up I could still fall back on buying new belts. But I didn't want to have to spend $400 unnecessarily, particularly since I can use that money to buy the last couple other items or put it towards something else with my car. I will probably still have to paint the buckles. The hot water cleaned up a lot of the grime off of the metal though.
