After dismantling a few 68-72 Cutlasses i cant believe how many different sizes, shapes and finishes of screws and bolts these cars have. Has anyone ever docmented the various types and sizes of all of these fasteners? In my humble opinion at least 50% of these could be eliminated.

 

You missed your vocation!

You should be a bean counter at GM.

I'd bet the fasteners are as cheap as they could be made to do their jobs. ! cent saved on 20 fasteners per unit on a 100,000 production run is $20,000.

Roger.

 

I am reminded of the old (and likely apocryphal) New York Post Headline about an escaped mental patient who...: Nut Bolts and Screws

 

"Screw the nuts and bolts, we don't need them!" says the bean counters.........


-But what about the screws?

 

by premium pieces incase of upgrades,just my 2 cents worth. I use grade 8 or better in high stress areas. think it through buddy.

 

lol, got a good grin out of the replies. just had a moment of frustration there, thanks for knocking me back to my senses...... now back to the beans

 

If you compare cars of today vs our older ones, I believe they have accomplished that.

 

I believe it was for an escaped mental patient who takes a laundromat worker for a roll in the hay on the way out, with the headline of:

Nut Screws Washer and Bolts.

Probably baloney, as our colleague has stated.

 

That's funny!