Chevrolet horn button screws

[Lynn Eades]

Well, ... we certainly derailed this thread (as it has already been used by some other nut) No pun intended.

[Mike Cecil]

Hardly 'derailed', as Marty's questions have been more than adequately answered as to the type, size and where he might obtain the screws he requires, plus a whole load of peripheral discussion around the topic.

MLU at its best: what can be better than that?

Mike

[M.Morren]

Thank you all! Definitely some great info here :-)

I'll go looking for a couple of nice C/S oval head slotted screws.
At first I thought that the screws pictured would not fit, but it turns out thet the holes are around 9mm deep. So that looks right. There also seems to be some remnants of the course thread left, which means that these self tapping screws were once fitted (which I didn't doubt).


On the topic of McMaster Carr: I have some experience there as I managed to order almost $70 worth of nuts and bolts, including 400 sets of 6-32 nuts, bolts and washers (impossible to get here, and definitely not that cheap) for my side curtain restoration project.
I had them shipped to an acquaintance in the US. He loaded them in a container that was already coming to this side of the pond. Saved me a lot in shipping costs (The package was heavy).

I don't think that I have to do this again, but we'll see

[Andrew Rowe]

I would like to chip in, by saying , I had a recent purchase of 500kg of NOS wartime BSF countersunk, slot head machine screws in various lengths and sizes , along with bolts and some BA stuff as well. No rust condition present, as they must seem to have a high Nickle content , excellent manufacture and quality....great for bolting front Carrier plates on, Cheers Andrew.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Andrew Rowe

I would like to chip in, by saying , I had a recent purchase of 500kg of NOS wartime BSF countersunk, slot head machine screws in various lengths and sizes , along with bolts and some BA stuff as well. No rust condition present, as they must seem to have a high Nickle content , excellent manufacture and quality....great for bolting front Carrier plates on, Cheers Andrew.

500kg of BSF fasteners !

Maybe one of the erudite MLU members could start a new thread on fasteners, no, not a new fastener thread type but a new thread topic