The Ford Barn

wrndln · 12-07-2011, 07:46 PM

Over the years I have purchase a number of kingpins. Today I was inspecting them. I believe many of the kingpins I have are later 32- 3x) kingpins due to the orientation of the retaining notches. I have attached a picture of three kingpins with the different markings below. They are representative of most of the ones I have. The markings are a little difficult to read in the photo. The leftmost one has a 48 number on it, the middle one has a B on it and the rightmost one has an A on it. The all have a Ford script and below the Ford script is a capital K. From the orientation of the notches it appear the one with the A is a model A kingpin. I am guessing that maybe the B on the middle one is for a model B (1932) and the leftmost one with the 48 on it, I haven't a clue. The one with the A has the notch close or parallel to the top part where the brake housing fits. The other two have their notches at an angle with reference to the top. It appears the B and 48 kingpins have a little different angle of the notch between the two of them. Can anyone identify the three kingpins? Thanks for any responses.

12-07-2011, 07:46 PM	#1
wrndln Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lakeville, MN Posts: 5,300	Kingpin types Over the years I have purchase a number of kingpins. Today I was inspecting them. I believe many of the kingpins I have are later 32- 3x) kingpins due to the orientation of the retaining notches. I have attached a picture of three kingpins with the different markings below. They are representative of most of the ones I have. The markings are a little difficult to read in the photo. The leftmost one has a 48 number on it, the middle one has a B on it and the rightmost one has an A on it. The all have a Ford script and below the Ford script is a capital K. From the orientation of the notches it appear the one with the A is a model A kingpin. I am guessing that maybe the B on the middle one is for a model B (1932) and the leftmost one with the 48 on it, I haven't a clue. The one with the A has the notch close or parallel to the top part where the brake housing fits. The other two have their notches at an angle with reference to the top. It appears the B and 48 kingpins have a little different angle of the notch between the two of them. Can anyone identify the three kingpins? Thanks for any responses.