by the way, along this line? most of the standard hardware on my bugeye
carries the "R" marking on the head of the bolt with a depressed circle in
the center of the head of the bolt. i just thought i'd offer that
information for what it's worth. i can remember glass bead blasting evry
bolt and nut before i sent them all out for replating! after a while i was
seeing the letter "R" on top of evry thing i looked at! lol! there were a
few other markings but they were rather uncommon. they were original
hardware , not a replacement type from a service station's repairs. but
there were some variants. hold on, i'm gonna trot out to the shop. i keep
almost a second total set of factory replated sorted hardware on
hand.........12:12am......freezing dedacation...in shorts!!!!!.....2 degrees
outside!...brrrrrrrr!!!
ok here we go!
TWL R-UNF
TWL R-BSF
GKN R-UNF
GKN R
GKN S
GSF S
FCF S
WT S
AUTO S
ATBO S
WILEY S
RUBBERY OWEN 328-35
NEWTON R
SPARTS R
WODEN R
LINREAD R
WILEY R
AUTO R
SA R
(UNMARKED) R
BEES 55 T 65 (FRONT SHOCK)
BEES 45 R 56
WILEY T (FRONT SHOCK)
MARWIN R F
MARWIN R
WOODEN B
the above listed bolt markings are from what a have readily available and
cleaned and replated used hardware. these are the exceptions to my hardware
collection of mostly un-named with just an "R" on the head ofthe bolt. my
car consists of mostly that type of marking. finding viable unrusted
refinishable hardware is not an easy task, ask any restorer. i have parted
out mostly bugeye, mk2 sprite and mk1 midget. where exactly do all these
other pieces of factory hardware fall into place production wise? i am
not certain. but baby! i got them!
chuck.
yeah i have a bunch of stuff! ask macy he saw the museum /
garage...lol!...c :)
----- Original Message -----
From Rick Fisk <rickfisk at concentric.net>
To: <Daniel1312@aol.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: Unbreako - R, S, or T
> The steering column bolt on my '59 Sprite has the markings "Wiley" with a
> "T" underneath it.
>
> Rick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Daniel1312@aol.com>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 6:21 PM
> Subject: Unbreako - R, S, or T
>
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > Remember my question about the steering column bolt a while back? I was
> > trying to establish if the fact that it was black made any difference or
> if
> > it had a T marking on it.
> >
> > I think it was the largest Sprite driver in the world (not recognised
> > officially) who said he had a bolt with the marking Unbreako on it.
> Looking
> > at some old bolts I have, one has Unbreako on it but also the letter S.
> So,
> > anyone fancy checking any black Unbreako bolts to see if it has a T on
it.
> >
> > I think the T is significant because an S bolt is stronger than an R
bolt
> and
> > so I would expect a T bolt to be stronger than an S bolt.
> >
> >
> > Daniel1312
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