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Originally Posted by DavidG
Lawrie,
And then there is the Canadian invention, a Robertson head which which has a square depression, which you may have encountered on a Model A down under. Ford of Canada stopped using them with the '32 models.
They're a great fastener for places where you do not want the screw driver to ever slip out of a slot.
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Which reminds me of another "penny-pinching" Henry Ford practice. How many of y'all have ever wondered why you see no "Phillips-head" fasteners on these older Fords? I've been given to understand that Henry refused to pay for the rights to use the (then) new cross-point design found on the heads of fasteners. Same reason we didn't have "Bendix" type brakes for so long on Fords. Henry did realize that the big, heavy Lincolns couldn't get by without the self-energizing Bendix design, so he paid-up for those. DD