Stovebolt

The terminology and the slang usage of Stovebolt refers to three different things:

A bolt with a slotted head, used in the assembly of wood-burning stoves constructed from sheet metal.
A nickname for the Chevrolet straight-6 engine. So called because the valve cover, lifter cover and timing cover, utilizes a fastener that resembles a stovebolt.
A nickname for the Chevrolet Advance Design pickup trucks.

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