Screw Drivers Contour Grip Handles new for 1962

Contour Grip Handles new for 1962

Contour Grip Handles new for 1962.

Round Shank	Length Description	Date Range
SSD-1	3 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-2	6 inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-4	7 ¾ inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-6	10 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-8	12 7/8 inch	1962 – 1979
SSD-12	17 ½ inch	1962
SSD-12A	17 ½ inch	1965 – 1970
SSD-18	18 inch	1965 – 1970
SSD-214	Spark Plug Driver	1965 – 1970
SSD-143	Cabinet Driver	1970
SSD-145	Spark Plug Driver	1965 – 1970
SSD-146	Cabinet Driver	1970
SSD-153	Stubby	1965 – 1970
SSD-204	Stubby	1965 – 1970
SSD-1410	Cabinet Driver	1970

Square Shank	Length Description	Date Range
SSD-42	7 7/8 inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-44	7 ¾ inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-46	10 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-48	12 7/8 inch	1962 – 1970
SSD-412	17 ½ inch	1962 – 1970

SSD-234	Short Shank 3”	1962 – 1970
SSD-242	5 7/16 inch Phillips #2	1965
SSD-422	22 inch	1962
SSD-422A	22 inch	1965 – 1970

Henry F. Phillips patented his screw head design in 1936. The key advantage of this design was the ability to self center. This allowed assembly operations to hold the center during fast rotations. It allowed for faster production lines

Square Shank	Length Description	Date Range
SSEP- 30	3 inch thin Phillips #0	1962 – 1965
SSDP-420	7 15/16 Pozidrive	1970
SSDEP-30	3 inch Shank Phillips #0	1970

Pozidriv arrived in 1955/6 and was a joint development between the American Screw Company and the Phillips Screw Company. It has a couple of other names: BNAE NFL22-070, and SupaDriv. The basic idea was to replace the Phillips head. The Phillips head does not “lock” into the screw head and torques until is slips out. This was an advantage is the 1930s and by 1940 all car manufacturers used these. Over torque a Philips head causes the head to strip out. The Pozidriv “locks” preventing this problem.

The heads look like Philips but are marked with a cross at 45 degrees to the slots. The Pozidriv has four additional points of contact and a flat bottom.

Phillips	Length Description	Date Range
SSDP-102	13 ½ Phillips	1962 – 1970
SSDP-319	3 ½ shank Phillips #1	1962 – 1970
SSDP-162	16 inch Phillips #2	1970
SSDP-242	5 7/16 inch Phillips #2	1970
SSDP-243	4 ¾ inch Phillips #2	1970

Phillips	Length Description	Date Range
SSDP-21	2 ¾ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDP-22	3 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDP-31	5 7/8 inch	1962 – 1970
SSDP-42	7 ¾ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDP-63	10 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDP-64	10 13/16 inch	1962 – 1970

Clutch head screw drivers were from United Screw and Bolt Chicago, Il. The opening looks like a bat, with wings, and a circular core – There are 4 points of contact. The design allows for a “lock” on the walls of the bolt or screw head without any downward pressure. When the tip wears, it can be reground off and work well. Corvettes, Chevy pickup beds, Mobile Homes, window manufacturers and some unknown reason – electric motors. There are 2 common sizes: 5⁄32″, 3⁄16″but 1⁄8″, 1⁄4″, 5⁄16″ exists as well,. They were common from the 1940s to the 1960s. The mobile home makers used these through the 1970s. The company that made these went out of business in 1997

Clutch	Length Description	Date Range
SSDC-4	6 7/8 inch	1962 – 1970
SSDC-5	6 7/8 inch	1962 – 1970
SSDC-6	7 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDC-8	8 ¾ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDC-10	9 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDC-12	10 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970

Reed and Prince	Length Description	Date Range
SSDR-1	3 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDR-3	5 3/8 inch	1962 – 1970
SSDR-4	7 7/8 inch	1962 – 1970
SSDR-6	10 ¼ inch	1962 – 1970
SSDR-8	12 7/8 inch	1962 – 1970

Thin Blade	Length Description	Date Range
SDE-42	2 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-43	3 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-44	4 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-46	6 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-48	8 inch shank	1962 – 1965

SDE-63	3 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-64	4 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-66	6 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-68	8 inch shank	1962 – 1965
SDE-610	10 inch shank	1962 – 1965

Cabinet	Length Description	Date Range
SSD-143	3 inch Blade	1962 – 1965
SSD-146	6 inch Blade	1962 – 1965
SSD-1410	10 inch Blade	1962 – 1965