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Moonbear
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Danger said:Nice to see someone picked up the slack. SOS missed that? Oh well, she is getting up there in years.
The real name for the Peanut is 'Clutch Drive'. It was used a lot in the first half of the 20th, but not much after. You can still buy screwdrivers for it, but the fasteners themselves are a special-order thing. I think that they're a Yank invention. They're even stronger than a Robertson. The 'slot' is shaped like an infinity symbol (without the cross-over); ie. 'peanut'-shaped. I was quite surprised to find that the dash panel on my '72 GM P-3500 step van was held together with them.
Got anything in that toolbox that works on a sore back? It's just dawning on me now that that lawnmower I lifted out of the trunk of my car today was lifted into the car by two men at the store. It might have been a bit heavy.