What Is This Bolt For?

[TomT/Williamsburg]

Found this as I was sorting stuff I had picked of old cars but I don’t know what it’s for or if it is early Ford?

Thanks ......

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by TomT/Williamsburg

Found this as I was sorting stuff I had picked of old cars but I don’t know what it’s for or if it is early Ford?

Thanks ......

Can we see a picture....pretty please? DD

[TomT/Williamsburg]

Oops ! Sorry bout that .....

[JM 35 Sedan]

Tom, It doesn't look like early ford hardware to me. Not sure what it would have been used on though.

[TomT/Williamsburg]

Hey, John - it’s just strange looking whatever it’s from. Hope all is well with you .....

[Tim Ayers]

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Hard to judge size in the pict, but looks like you could grind off the little return and use it in a rubber mounted trans plate.

[V8COOPMAN]

I think it goes with these! DD

[50fordcoupeman]

Kinda looks like a concrete anchor bolt but then again again not really. Must go on V8's board!!

[RobR'35]

Love that Hayes spec. sheet.
There are some out there that believe it.

[J Franklin]

I would bet it is made to hold a big ground cable to iron framing, maybe a lightning rod or such.

[RobR'35]

Bit off topic, but......
Based on 1905 steel on a hydro generator.
These are modified, and..... spec'd to work and hold.
In the field we call it a Chicago'd bolt.

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[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by TomT/Williamsburg

Hey, John - it’s just strange looking whatever it’s from. Hope all is well with you .....

Tom, all is going well here, thank you for asking.
I was looking forward to a cross-country run in the '35 this September, but unfortunately, that tour and meet have been canceled. I'm now hoping for a run to Nevada in '21.

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

Hard to judge size in the pict, but looks like you could grind off the little return and use it in a rubber mounted trans plate.

Tim, I first thought it could be one of those "L" shaped bolts, like you were thinking, that are used in rear transmission mounts from '32-'36, until I enlarged the picture and saw that extra projection, course threads, and what looks to be a more modern finish.

It could also be some type of anchor as 50fordcoupeman suggests or possibly a missing fastener from the other coopmans Hayes board

[19Fordy]

Could that be an unusual bolt to hold the clam shell together?

[RobR'35]

Generator to set base.

[RKS.PA]

I need to get me some of them there Hayes bolts.....didn't know they were out there!! Am having an epiphany!!!

[jimvette59]

It looks more like a machine part with that Acme thread .

[19Fordy]

Jim makes a good observation. Maybe a structural bolt for scaffolding?

[A bones]

Many decades ago Mom would send me out the door, and tell me to go find a Sky Hook,

I like what J Franklin offered.

[PeteVS]

It's used for mounting the clam shell pieces to the rear transmission mount on a '32, possibly others. If it isn't 7/16 fine threads, then it's something else.

[Bored&Stroked]

Originally Posted by PeteVS

It's used for mounting the clam shell pieces to the rear transmission mount on a '32, possibly others. If it isn't 7/16 fine threads, then it's something else.

It's coarse thread . . . definitely not that . . .

[Tim Ayers]

The little return is not on the Ford bolt as well

[V8COOPMAN]

His distant, well-endowed cousin! DD

[tubman]

"DD" - What's the fancy one you posted used for?

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by tubman

"DD" - What's the fancy one you posted used for?

No earthly idea! I just went looking for "L-bolts", "clamping bolts", and a few other terms trying to find something like the original picture. There is definitely some weird stuff out there. The one above was the only one out of thousands that was anywhere close in concept. I even checked McMaster-Carr, and they had nothing close that I could find. DD

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

No earthly idea! I just went looking for "L-bolts", "clamping bolts", and a few other terms trying to find something like the original picture. There is definitely some weird stuff out there. The one above was the only one out of thousands that was anywhere close in concept. I even checked McMaster-Carr, and they had nothing close that I could find. DD

It sounds like you may have an over abundance of time on your hands

[V8COOPMAN]

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Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

It sounds like you may have an over abundance of time on your hands

That MAY be true, but you don't have any desire to find out about new, un-familiar or interesting mechanical sh-tuff? Ya never know when something out of the ordinary might come-in handy. Look at deuce_roadster's shrink tubing for the T-tube couplers/pins, for instance! DD

[Lawson Cox]

Originally Posted by A bones

Many decades ago Mom would send me out the door, and tell me to go find a Sky Hook,

I like what J Franklin offered.

I haven't heard the "sky hook" term since I was maybe 5 or 6, and I'm 89. My older brother used it a lot on us kids. LOL

[51504bat]

Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

I haven't heard the "sky hook" term since I was maybe 5 or 6, and I'm 89. My older brother used it a lot on us kids. LOL

When I was a Boy Scout in the early '60's we always sent the tenderfoots out looking for a left handed smoke shifter on camp outs.

[ford38v8]

Send the rookie gopher after a left handed monkey wrench.
The substitute tool room attendants would get similar requests also.
My older brother caught me on that one once, but I took so long looking for it, his joke backfired!

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Send the rookie gopher after a left handed monkey wrench.
The substitute tool room attendants would get similar requests also.
My older brother caught me on that one once, but I took so long looking for it, his joke backfired!

Back in the early '70s, we used to send new guys next door to National Airlines operations to ask if they could borrow a bucket of propwash, or five feet of flight line. I finally grew-up....a little bit, anyway! DD

[RKS.PA]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

Back in the early '70s, we used to send new guys next door to National Airlines operations to ask if they could borrow a bucket of propwash, or five feet of flight line. I finally grew-up....a little bit, anyway! DD

Same in the Air Force. Sent the new guys just coming back from Tech. School into the parts bin to find same!! Not there???....we'll have to order more!!

[tubman]

My favorites were always metric screwdrivers or pliers.

[TJ]

How about going on a "snipe " hunt.

[Jack Shaft]

Sky Hook? used one a few years ago..

[Pete]

I am quite familiar with those clamps. When at a summer job while I was in high school, I worked for a machine shop that made them. There were 6 of them that held the cover on a cardinal grammeter. They were made from number 4 neferium cobalt.

[34fordy]

When I was a kid in the late 40's and 50's my dad sold clothing in Fort Dodge. All the clothing stores had their own tailors and all of eastern European origin.
When a store hired a new kid as a "runner" between stores the tailor would send the newbie to one of the other tailors to get a #4 needle eye. Of course the tailor knew the kid was new so he would be out of # 4 eyes. He would send the kid to the next tailor and so on until he had met all the tailors and all the stores. When he got back to the home store empty handed the tailor explained that there was no such thing as needle eyes but that now he knew how to navigate between stores.

[tomcarman]

I had a friend who was in the Navy. They sent sent new sailors down to the machine shop on the ship to get a "relative bearing".

[Tinker]

Not sure how you would get that through a hole to thread it. But where did you find it? More importantly.

[Jack Shaft]

Originally Posted by Pete

I am quite familiar with those clamps. When at a summer job while I was in high school, I worked for a machine shop that made them. There were 6 of them that held the cover on a cardinal grammeter. They were made from number 4 neferium cobalt.

Rumor has it old lucifer himself uses #4 neferium cobalt to make his world famous hubs of hell..

[RobR'35]

In paper mills we always send the green horns to go get a bucket of steam.
One job we had a young guy go look for a 12" hole saw.
He came back with a 12" core saw bit.
We were surprised and laughing.

[Tinker]

This reminds me of a story about my late father in law. I spent the afternoon putting a overdrive cable in a 53. After i did, i was upset that the handle was upside down and the handle said overdrive backwards/upside down. We did a lot of stuff and it was a long day so I went home. I came back to see if the overdrive worked. Drove the car and when I pulled the handle the handle came off the cable. He loosed the set screw knowing I would be back the next day. I was humiliated and angry he made fun of me for a minute. Later... and more importantly, I learned something.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Tinker

This reminds me of a story about my late father in law. I spent the afternoon putting a overdrive cable in a 53. After i did, i was upset that the handle was upside down and the handle said overdrive backwards/upside down. We did a lot of stuff and it was a long day so I went home. I came back to see if the overdrive worked. Drove the car and when I pulled the handle the handle came off the cable. He loosed the set screw knowing I would be back the next day. I was humiliated and angry he made fun of me for a minute. Later... and more importantly, I learned something.

So....you learned to check and make sure the OVERDRIVE handle's set screw is tight, every time BEFORE you drive the car? DD

[Tinker]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

So....you learned to check and make sure the OVERDRIVE handle's set screw is tight, every time BEFORE you drive the car? DD

If that is what you got out of that little ditty, you can also flip the handle so it reads correct and tighen the handle screw.... no need to rerun the cable.... but yep....

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by A bones

Many decades ago Mom would send me out the door, and tell me to go find a Sky Hook,

I like what J Franklin offered.

Originally Posted by Lawson Cox

I haven't heard the "sky hook" term since I was maybe 5 or 6, and I'm 89. My older brother used it a lot on us kids. LOL

You guys just weren't looking in the right place.

My Dad used a temporary version of this when roofing:

https://www.guardianfall.com/perform...ok-roof-anchor

And I knew a stone-carver who had one of these mounted in the bed of his pickup:

https://www.skyhookmfr.com/products.html