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Anybody know a source for fancy wing nuts for a 216 type valve cover (3/8” fine thread)? Speedway has something close to what I’m after but I want something with bigger wings and don’t really care for the knob type. Thanks for any leads.


http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Standard-Wing-Nuts,2993.html

Man there must be a milion sources out there for those.

Try ace hardware they carry alot of odd ball nuts and bolts.


Pete

agree with gazim there all over just about any swapmeet ,flaps or catalog you look at.check totaly stainless,or gardner-wescott.to name a couple..................dave

The items Curt is looking for are specific to valve cover hold downs...I had a set when I was a teenager. They are huge with long wings that taper to a point and all shiny chrome...pure retro stuff.

http://www.thefind.com/hardware/info-cover-wing-nuts

Stuart

If you could use coarse thread these may work:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/115/3172/=28zbp1

I've used some of the #6 and #8 styles, there nice heavy steel or malleable iron ones. All of the styles 6-12 should be nice.
I'd stay away from the zinc or pressed steel ones.

Grigg

Curt -

Are looking for these:

http://www.joefuchs.net/gallery/largepopupup.php?mediaid=169

Not looking for those here Joe but Ill bet thats what Curt had in mind. But, but, I'd sure like to know where in the world did you find all of that stuff???? It's hard to believe all of that engine dressing survived all these years, I lived back in the day and read all the old mags from cover to cover each month. Honk, Rod & Custom, Car Craft etc. and I don't even remember seeing a lot of those accessories back then. In all of the swap meets that I've been to in the last three or four years I can't recall seeing any of that.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Again I’m caught trying to imitate my stovebolt mentor but those nuts are the icing on the cake Joe. Do you know which if any vintage valve covers came with wing nuts? I saw a set on e bay a while back with tall, airplane style wings and am kicking myself I didn’t act on those. Are they really rare or am I just not looking in the right place? The polished acorn nuts on there now look pretty good but I like those wings.

Old Ramblers used wingnuts if I remember correctly.

One old truck I bought had a lot of junk in the back when I bought it. I cleaned the big stuff out and found the original air cleaner. Then I swept it out and looked through the dirt and found the original wing nut for the air cleaner. It made me feel real lucky.

Denny -
I actually made a bunch of the stuff you see. I had to, I couldn't find any of it and so I made it the way I wanted it. There is more to the story on each part that can best be summed up by saying, I've had the truck for 30 years and it took that long to get it where it is.
Curt -
I bought the things on eBay several years back. I haven't seen any lately and, like you, I should have bought all I saw, but I always stop short and say to myself, "I only need two."

I've been to the site many times Joe, and spent many hours looking it over, it's easy to see 30 years worth of work in that, a real work of art.
Denny G

Thank you, Sir! You made my day!