Friiday I crossed the 500 mile mark and things have been running pretty well for the past few weeks. I took the car in to get the alignment done - I knew the rear had way more camber than I wanted for the street (turned out it was about 2.5 degrees negative camber per side). The final 300 miles to cross to 500 went pretty quickly with a run to Troy, NY for lunch with friends, another Hemmings Cruise-In night, and some driving around town.
Last night I had a friend up from Virginia, and he wanted to see the car, so I gave him a tour of Arlington in the car. Shortly before we finished the ride, I heard a sound like we were in gravel, but the road was clear there. The sound went away, and nothing was amiss in the gauges. When I parked the car, I saw something dangling under the crossmember. Turns out my six rib serpentine belt self-mutilated itself into a five rib belt. I suspect a pulley alignment issue, since the belt is running in the outer five grooves on the power steering pump and the inner five grooves on the alternator pulley. Bill was able to go home with the latest memorabilia from the Mutt hall of flame. Thankfully it's an easy fix - shim the pump and install a new belt, and it made it home without losing the belt.
