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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
Yeah, I know what the coating is. I was an aircraft tech for 12 years. Used those bolts all the time at work. Not just everybody can machine them well. I measured every bolt in the car while building it, it came completely apart every winter. My friend took the bastard-sized bolts and made the needed 1/2" & 7/16" bolts, with one full thread past the locking nuts. Intake bolts, bell housing, and front motor plate bolts were std thread 3/8", (no std threads on an air plane) were made from longer 3/8" fine thread bolts. Always use the proper anti-seize with them. Got asked a lot "Why all the 12 point bolts?" :-)
I had blue & red AN fittings and stainless braided lines (and Dzus fasteners) on my old '56 Chevy Jr Stocker in the mid-1960s before anybody ever heard of Dave Russell.
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LOL! Same here too! My buddies always wanted to know how I had all these cool fasteners, plumbing and wiring. We had lots of surplus stuff at the A&P School and grabbed what I needed for the race car. Also had access to AV Gas which I mixed with regular gas for both the race car and street car.