51 Champ Trans Bolts

[Jerry Johnson]

I was sand blasting the transmission bolts today and noticed when they cleaned up the the heads were imprinted with the notation "cp 1038". Anyone know what that stands for[?] I searched the WEB and found several sites that were selling bolts with this head marking, but they all seemed to be aimed and Harly Davision Motor Cycles.

I was just wondering aimlessly

[Tom Bredehoft]

I don't know that it applies to your bolts, but 1038 is a medium grade steel, as opposed to cold rolled which is 1018. The 38 refers to .38 percent carabon steel. the more carbon in steel the tougher (more hardenable) it is, up to a point. If this does refer to the compositionn, they might be equivelant to grade 5 bolts.

Tom Bredehoft
'53 Commander Coupe
'60 Lark VI
'05 Legacy Ltd Wagon
All three Indiana built OD cars

[N8N]

Generally any markings on a bolt head that are not grade markings (hash marks on SAE bolts or ratings like 8.8 or 10.9 on metric) are manufacturer codes. I suspect that Tom may be right about the 1039; "CP" is probably the manufacturer, although I don't know who that is.

I actually spent about a year working in a fastener factory; I now know more about fasteners than I probably need to, and can set up a cold header or a thread roller. I'm not certain exactly how useful those skills are...

nate

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55 Commander Starlight

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[Roscomacaw]

Maybe CP stands for Champion Phasteners [}]

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle!!

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[Jerry Johnson]

Good one, your humor is overwellming, I am still LOL

Jerry

quote:Originally posted by Mr.Biggs

Maybe CP stands for Champion Phasteners [}]

Miscreant adrift in
the BerStuda Triangle!!

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe

[Guido]

I vote for "Cheap Part" and the number is for the bin it was stored in.


Guido Salvage - "Where rust is beautiful"

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