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ok. yah i know, im a newbie here, but i was asked what a stovebolt was and i wasnt sure how to explain it. so anyone care to share the true meaning so others can understand it? :confused:

Here it is http://www.stovebolt.com/bboard/cgi-bin//ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000011

there usta be these metal stoves that were heated/powered by wood, and they had these certain slotted bolts on some of the parts to hold it all together... the original inline six engines fromw ay back in the day to sometime in the 50's had some bolts on there somewhere, that looked a lot like the 'stove bolts'... so...

-W

Thus, the name "Stovebolt Six", originally referred (refers) to 1929-19?? straight six engines.

194 cubic inch
1929/46hp, the "cast iron wonder";
1932/53hp, was the first Chevrolet "truck" engine

207 cubic inch (1933/56hp, 1934/60hp, 1935/68.5 hp, 1936/72hp)

216.5 cubic inch (1937/85hp-1941/90hp-1950/92hp-1953)

235.5 cubic inch (1941-1954), a truck-only engine

235.5 cubic inch (1954/112hp, 1953 Powerglide - 1962)

261 cubic inch (1954-1962), a truck-only engine (also available in Canadian Pontiacs)


Some people include later 230, 250, 292 straight-6 engines as "Stovebolts".


A generous and inclusive meaning is given to "Stovebolts" by this website - Stovebolt refers to Chevrolet (and GMC?) trucks through 1972 (and does not just refer to a straight-six engine).


Does anyone have a photo of the stovebolt headbolts on an early Chevrolet 6 cylinder engine?