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Hex head bolts with the pointed end.
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I can't take credit but here is https://www.mcmaster.com/
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I bought Moss hardware kit that includes the bolt you are looking for. I thought for 10 bucks kncluding washers for each fender was a good deal. They also have the square nuts and their formed cages too .Kept me from wastin my time lookin for old bolts to restore. Restoring a TR3 is good fun ain't it? I pretty much buy everything from Moss , the quality is good and if it isn't what you expected they're happy to take it back. A TR3 is fun to restore cause you can get everything pretty right just like when it was new. A Healey resto needs to have parts sourced from many different vendors and shady places if its ever to be right as a pair of rabbits. Viva La TR3 for it is your spirit we love. You just can't find that unchained freekshow of a TR3 in any car built back then or now. And God bless America for creating a reason for the TR3 to be built in the first place. I'm digging mine out tomorrow and burn some rubber of them tars. Kevin
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Cute, but I disagree with the sentiment. Modern cars are chock-full of special-purpose fasteners, optimized for machine insertion, minimum parts count (when was the last time you saw a lockwasher on a modern car?), etc.
I've got some bolts from a 80 Chevy, that are not only pointed, but the threads extend down the point, plus they have 3 lobes to the threads! (Serves to lock the bolt.) The hex head also includes a "washer" portion so no flat washer needed even though they go through a slotted piece of metal.
There is just no way you could ever find another bolt that looks the same as that!
Oh yeah, and they went into captive nuts that were shaped to match the inside of the complex shape frame tube then welded in place. Other places on the car, the threads are simply formed as part of the panel.
I've got some bolts from a 80 Chevy, that are not only pointed, but the threads extend down the point, plus they have 3 lobes to the threads! (Serves to lock the bolt.) The hex head also includes a "washer" portion so no flat washer needed even though they go through a slotted piece of metal.
There is just no way you could ever find another bolt that looks the same as that!
Oh yeah, and they went into captive nuts that were shaped to match the inside of the complex shape frame tube then welded in place. Other places on the car, the threads are simply formed as part of the panel.
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And let's not even talk about Torx-head fasteners, especially when used where -- once a bit "rusted" or "set" -- they would be easy to remove IF they had hex heads.... :madder:
the three lobed bolts made their own threads.
pointed bolts are easy.
that's what they make grinders for.
chuck em up in the drill and have at it.
I don't think they are commercially made anymore. They are for easier starting in a captive nut. Makes em easier to cross thread too.
pointed bolts are easy.
that's what they make grinders for.
chuck em up in the drill and have at it.
I don't think they are commercially made anymore. They are for easier starting in a captive nut. Makes em easier to cross thread too.