Nuts and bolts

Tom H. · Jul 13, 2015

Is there a source for Ferguson 7/16 fine thread nuts and bolts with the 11/16 heads. I have become a bolt snob and want to do my working
restorations right. So far eBay has been a good source for bolt lots. What I need now is mostly carriage bolts.

Steve Dabrowski · Jul 13, 2015

Nuts are available from McMaster, they have zinc plated and plain in 7/16 fine with 11/16 across flats in grade 5 and 8. I use plain finish on my 9N/8N restorations except wher zinc plating was original. For bolts all 7/16 fine or coarse are 5/8 heads nowadays, I make my own using fine all thread and the nuts mentioned above, Nuts need to be trimmed to height of original bolt heads, screw all thread in so about 1/8" short from top and fill with weld then turn on lathe to smooth out and send them to the zinc platers if needed.

Other option is find someone with a bag of old Ford or Fergie original hardware-John Smith had a bag some time back on his site. I keep all of mine for the future needs.

Tony in Mass. · Jul 15, 2015

Wow. that sounds like work, I'm allergic to work...

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