Who invented the dzus fastener

Joined: Mar 14, Posts: 1, Profile Page. If you are willing to sort thru them, you can get them for pennies on the dollar. My guess would be mid 40's at the lakes by returning service men, now building hot rods.

Joined: Sep 17, Posts: 9, Profile Page. There was a flood of military surplus after WW2 and the surplus stores were a happy hunting ground for hot rodders. That is where they got drop tanks for streamliners and a million other things.

So, I would say Dzus fasteners were probably in use at Bonneville from on although I can't prove it. Rusty O'Toole , Dec 11, Joined: Dec 28, Posts: 29, Profile Page.

Mr48chev , Dec 11, Steve Ray , Dec 11, Joined: May 4, Posts: 5, Profile Page. So-Cal Streamliner Bonneville. Jimmy B , Dec 11, I will have to check but I believe the Schenck Streamliner used Dzus fasteners, it was built early Joined: Jul 23, Posts: Profile Page. Dzus fasteners factory resided in west islip ny,just a few miles away from where I grew up. A yellow chevette or simular type. He shows up a local car shows with his yellow pro street merc.

Just some useless information on a truly revolutionary product. In the heyday of the hot rod 40s - 50s guys used to go to the surplus stores on Saturday morning just to browse around and see what neat stuff they could find.

Once I went to a surplus place in Oshawa and they had a jet engine 20 feet long in front of the door. It was too big to go inside. Rusty O'Toole , Dec 12, Thanks for the post. Another East Coast built part to add to the list. Merry Christmas! The37Kid , Dec 13, Joined: Oct 9, Posts: 1, Profile Page. Joined: Sep 18, Posts: 38 Profile Page. Joined: Nov 7, Posts: Profile Page. He was fascinated by machinery, energy and motion.

William Dzus desperately desired the freedom to work at what he wanted to accomplish, the freedom to spend his time at things he enjoyed, and the freedom to live in a democracy. Unfortunately, Ukraine, which at that time was not an independent state, could not offer that to him.

Dzus spent years dreaming of America before he finally arrived there as a young man, aged eighteen. The answer to last week's question is: William Nicoll gave the Town of Islip its name. He named it to honor the place he was originally from: Islip, England. The views expressed in this post are the author's own.

Want to post on Patch? Register for a user account. William Dzus opened a local company that would soon go international and become imperative for the aircraft industry. Michele Antonio , Neighbor.

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