Originally Posted by
krakhaus
I've never really thought about that, but I guess that's why stamped dropout bikes always have solid axles. I'm guessing you could use a washer without any real problems. I'd probably use one large enough to increase the surface area of where it contacts the dropout, just to add a little strength.
Stamped dropout bikes in the '67 through maybe 1980s did in fact have QRs: UO-8's, my Ernie Clements 1969 Falcon, the Raleigh Gran Prix and Super Courses are good examples. Also there were legions of other French bikes that to all appearances were clones of the UO-8 (or just imitated each other, and similar for entry level Italian bikes, such as cheap Atala, Benotto, and Fiorelli, which were common in Chicago, often with now-vaunted Nuovo Tipo hubs.
In my memory the premise about nutted attachments is not correct.