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2 hours ago, Twokidsnosleep said:

... small black elastics on Amazon, apparently hair ties.  They look like they might work for a fan belt....

But if the thickness still looks bothersome, another option is black plastic sprue heat-stretched to a realistic thickness. Pliable enough to be bent around the pulley grooves, you just need to zap glue the joining part in at the least visible part of a pulley, bottom-most spot is where I do that. See my pic in this post for my Backbug's flat five engine. (I also despise single-unit pulleys/belts, and also thumb my nose at engine physics)

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19 hours ago, Russell C said:

But if the thickness still looks bothersome, another option is black plastic sprue heat-stretched to a realistic thickness. Pliable enough to be bent around the pulley grooves, you just need to zap glue the joining part in at the least visible part of a pulley, bottom-most spot is where I do that. See my pic in this post for my Backbug's flat five engine. (I also despise single-unit pulleys/belts, and also thumb my nose at engine physics)

I don’t think I have the talent to bend sprue like you do

No way I could get it to configure into a tensioned belt appearance.

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Good score on the rear tires.

I found my AMT ‘33 Willy’s Gasser kit had an extra set of rear drag tires in pie crust form. 
Not sure why I dug to the bottom of my stash pile in the closet but something said to look there. I really like these slicks.

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