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03-02-2015, 05:06 PM | #1 |
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1939 Deluxe head bolts
Ok - I know my 39 has bolts securing the head and that is not the way the car was built in 39 - that said........
My question is - under the green paint, it appears like the bolts are brass. Can that be? Either that or they are 14k gold bolts and Im a little richer today. |
03-02-2015, 05:14 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
Are they the gold/bronze grade 8 bolts? I'd tell you you need studs, but then some other on here (Ron) would disagree!
Grade 5s are greenish, grade 8s are gold. Last edited by JSeery; 03-02-2015 at 05:27 PM. |
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03-02-2015, 05:23 PM | #3 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
They seem to work fine - no leaks so they will remain as is... Gold bronze grade 5 is that what would have been used? All I can say is where there's no paint, I see bronze / gold bolt
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03-02-2015, 05:25 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
Take a look at a hardware store and see if the look similar and I corrected the post, should have been grade 8!
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03-02-2015, 05:26 PM | #5 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
I am guessing the bolts used on your '39 were taken from a later Ford engine and simply installed and painted over. That would explain the "gold".
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03-02-2015, 05:34 PM | #7 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
JS think you nailed it I googled gold bronze grade 8 and that's what they look like
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03-02-2015, 05:39 PM | #8 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
Most likely yellow cadmium plating.......not un-common on bolts. How many radial marks or lines are on the bolt heads? DD
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03-02-2015, 05:45 PM | #9 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
3 lines look like a big Y
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03-02-2015, 05:47 PM | #10 |
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Re: 1939 Deluxe head bolts
That would be a grade 5 bolt.
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