A snap-on mystery

[reedydrive]

Hey everyone. My name is Paul. It's my first time posting in the forum. I'm in Oregon and I'm an avid old-tool enthusiast. I've got an old Snap-on 3/8-drive specialty socket that I can't identify. It appears to be from the "Ferret" series(1938 if I'm reading the date code correctly) but it doesn't corresond to any catalog entries that I've seen. I suspect that it came from a larger set. Check the photos. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Paul in Oregon
(P.S. This has been puzzling me for 10 years...)

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

From 1929, Chevy Oil Pan Socket.

 

[Krokodil]

This is why I love this forum!

 

[snapmom]

Its a 1928 socket. Very hard to find.

 

[blown94conv]

10 years of wondering, and an answer in 25 minutes. You have to love the internet, and this forum.

 

[Arne73]

Wow, done in one!

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

Were the chevy oil pans held up with round head, slotted screws?

Adam

 

[waggie]

From 1929, Chevy Oil Pan Socket.

yup, i was gonna say that.... NOT

great job ID'ing the tool there, SKang.

 

[Muffduster]

Were the chevy oil pans held up with round head, slotted screws?

Adam

That's a Chevy for ya.

 

[JASTECH]

I had the r-head screw pegged but didn't know the year.

 

[kruegdr]

Way to go guys, well done

 

[Gort the giant robot]

Early Chevy motors used round headed bolts with a slot for a flat headed screwdriver. The bolts were called stovebolts as they were also used on woodstoves. And that's how Chevy's got the nickname Stovebolts.

Gort

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I have one of those, a later one with a spring-loaded collar.

 

[Adam McLaughlin]

Early Chevy motors used round headed bolts with a slot for a flat headed screwdriver. The bolts were called stovebolts as they were also used on woodstoves. And that's how Chevy's got the nickname Stovebolts.

Gort

A round headed bolt with a slot is a screw, right?

Hummmm......... I did read in Grapes of Wrath that Tom Joad fixed the Ford connecting rod bearing by replacing the bearing with a piece of belt leather. Thought that this was odd, then when you consider that the compression ratio was something like 5:1, I do suppose that this COULD work....

Adam