stepdown king-pin diameter

[bob ward]

One of lifes minor mysteries.

From an era when car components tended to be dimensioned to the 1/16", a stepdown king-pin has a diameter of .940". Not .9375" for 15/16" or maybe .953125" for 31/64", but .940". And while stepdowns do contain a few metric components, this is not one of them .940" = 23.876mm

Any theories as to how this slightly odd for the time dimension would have been arrived at? Is it likely to be something to do with the king-pin hardening process?

The OD of the king-pin bushes reverts to typical practise, 1.375" top and 1.125" bottom.

[hudsontech]

No, no, no - not "dead bodies!!!" Jeeeze - Fellow name of Mike Smith in Auburn, ME, called me yesterday. He has the following Hudson bodies for sale:

2 - 1934 Coaches;
1 - 1934 Sedan body, on frame;
1 - 1935 Sedan body only;
Has some odds and ends like a couple hoods, what may be a 1933 grille.
Offering the whole lot for $1000.

I did mess up and forgot to ask the best time to call him - probably after 5pm would be best.

His number: (207) 786-4795.

That's all I have. Hope somebody can save these.

Hudsonly,
Alex B

[46HudsonPU]

No, no, no - not "dead bodies!!!" Jeeeze - Fellow name of Mike Smith in Auburn, ME, called me yesterday. He has the following Hudson bodies for sale:

2 - 1934 Coaches;
1 - 1934 Sedan body, on frame;
1 - 1935 Sedan body only;
Has some odds and ends like a couple hoods, what may be a 1933 grille.
Offering the whole lot for $1000.

I did mess up and forgot to ask the best time to call him - probably after 5pm would be best.

His number: (207) 786-4795.

That's all I have. Hope somebody can save these.

Hudsonly,
Alex BHi Alex - You might want to post this on it's own thread...

Also - You could remove it from here, just by going into edit and selecting "delete" at the top. That will just remove it from this thread, and not do any harm elsewhere...

Regards - Rick C.

P.S. Still going through the CDs I got from you. Find interesting bits & pieces of information just about every day...