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muddpile · 01-19-2007, 12:59 AM

I am getting ready to paint/reassemble the front sheetmetal on my 72 chevy, and have decided the stock bolts are rusty and ugly, and will not be using them. Most of them are 5/16 x 3/4", and I was wondering if I could just use stainless bolts/washers off the shelf vs. buying the "correct" ones from a truck supplier? I like the idea of something that won't rust like the last ones did.

krue · 01-19-2007, 01:31 AM

No reason not to that I can think of. The originals have the captured washer and pointed threads, but I think that was just to help speed assembly on the line.

ghetto_superman · 01-19-2007, 01:34 AM

Does anybody if you can buy body bolts by the pound anywhere? I doubt that they would be stainless if by the pound, but at least they'd be new and you could shoot a layer of paint on em..

muddpile · 01-20-2007, 12:28 AM

I'm not sure about body bolts by the pound, but I can get stainless everything through work, so I figure I might as well go that way. Aside from the lack of a pointed tip and captured washer, I don't see why I can't do it, so I'm going to go for it.

ghetto_superman · 01-20-2007, 01:30 PM

heck yea run with it!

01-19-2007, 12:59 AM	#1
muddpile Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 1,371	Front Sheetmetal bolts? I am getting ready to paint/reassemble the front sheetmetal on my 72 chevy, and have decided the stock bolts are rusty and ugly, and will not be using them. Most of them are 5/16 x 3/4", and I was wondering if I could just use stainless bolts/washers off the shelf vs. buying the "correct" ones from a truck supplier? I like the idea of something that won't rust like the last ones did. __________________ 1964 Chevy Short Fleet: Tornado 1972 Chevy C10: Fast Orange Secondaries Wide Open

01-19-2007, 01:31 AM	#2
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: Front Sheetmetal bolts? No reason not to that I can think of. The originals have the captured washer and pointed threads, but I think that was just to help speed assembly on the line. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

01-19-2007, 01:34 AM	#3
ghetto_superman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 1,982	Re: Front Sheetmetal bolts? Does anybody if you can buy body bolts by the pound anywhere? I doubt that they would be stainless if by the pound, but at least they'd be new and you could shoot a layer of paint on em.. __________________ -1947 3100 -1968 C10 -1970 K20

01-20-2007, 12:28 AM	#4
muddpile Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 1,371	Re: Front Sheetmetal bolts? I'm not sure about body bolts by the pound, but I can get stainless everything through work, so I figure I might as well go that way. Aside from the lack of a pointed tip and captured washer, I don't see why I can't do it, so I'm going to go for it. __________________ 1964 Chevy Short Fleet: Tornado 1972 Chevy C10: Fast Orange Secondaries Wide Open

01-20-2007, 01:30 PM	#5
ghetto_superman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 1,982	Re: Front Sheetmetal bolts? heck yea run with it! __________________ -1947 3100 -1968 C10 -1970 K20



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