Wow! Coolness! I think that bar hung on for a little more, but, lots of business' around Augsburg were slowly dying in the mid 90s and for sure died later. Did you ever go to the Car Craft Center? I did, and knew those guys in there really well! The eastern German man (can't remember his name) would crack jokes about the Schwatzer Man that worked there, the differences in how this black guy kept his tools and how the Germans kept their tools was as noticeable as the color of their skins! Insane, he would carry a 5 gallon bucket around with sockets, wrenches, etc in it.
Anyways, went to O'Reilly to get some belts, they don't have them for this car! Went to Pep Boys after Auto Zone had a line of people in there -- typical Auto Zone mentality, do more with less people -- well the bloke a Pep Boys was lost as well, his general knowledge of cars is lacking! The international standard on identification of belts for cars is lost to him, for example, belt #15295 breaks down as follows; 15 is the width, and 295 is 29 1/2 inches. 17 would be a wider belt etc. He had NO idea of this simple standard. Anyways, Pep Boys only stocked ONE Alt and A/C belt whereas it requires two belts, DOH! And, of note, when I worked for Pep Boys in DE/PA in 1983-1985 the store I worked at set the standard for lay-outs and marketing, this was early 1980s mind you! This store here in San Antonio has the SAME lay-out, and the same displays, etc. Like WTH are the boys thinking, they're stuck in the early 1980s! Still shooting for my goal of driving the car to the MOPAR show in mid October.
