a "stove bolt" is a particular type of slot head bolt used on wood stoves waaaay back - very similar in appearance to bolts used on the early GM 6's so the public hung that nickname on the Chevy 6 and it stuck so good the trucks themselves are still refered to that way

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics