Several T supplier catalogs show part # 2801 which is the steel connecting plate for wood felloe wheels as plain (1909-12), H (Hayes 1912-17) or P (Prudden 1912-17). All of my wheels are marked with a K. Does anyone have any info on this.
Hervey
Hervey
Kelsey was a major supplier of wheels to Ford. and I'm 90% sure the K would have stood for Kelsey. I do not have any documentation on the wood felloe wheels that directly says that, but we do have documentation on the demountable rim wheels that they were supplied by Kelsey (also Hayes, Firestone, Cleveland, Ford and others). And we know that Kelsey did mark some other items with a "K."
Note also that in MTFCI Judging Standards for the 1914 cars they list the wheels should be marked with the wheel makers I.D. (H,P, or K)....The latest guidelines are available from Russ Furstnow (see: MTFCI JUDGING GUIDELINES BOOK version 6 fall of 2011
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/229859.html?1314075351#POST360961 ) or you can order them for a little more money from the vendors.
Assuming your car has the wooden round felloe wheels and is a 1914 a "K" marking would be correct for that car.
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Thanks for the info. I have been around for a long time, but this is the first time that I notices the K on my wheels. I have a rear wheel that has a wobble that we cannot get out and I was looking into having another built and was thinking about getting new parts when I found that only plain, P or H was offered.
Hervey
Make your own! I have, several times in the past and again real soon, put raised wording in sheet steel by placing the steel on the end of a 4X4 wood post and pounding various punches, chisels, and even letter stamps into the steel. The end grain does a decent job of backing up the steel, but will give directly where punched. Remember, you are writing backwards, although a "K" really wouldn't matter.
That is what I would do.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
I'm going to paint a K wheel today. Been working on it for a week. It's a 30 X 3 1/2.
I am still working part time on my ten wood felly wheels. Three of them are Kelsey, all rears. Two of those have joint cover plates that look like the common oval like the "H" & "P" except with a "K". The other, which has very old repaint exactly matching one of the others, has a joint cover plate that is a totally different shape and extends almost to the rim. All three "K"s are slightly different sizes and depth of stamping. so if you do decide to make one, they varied a lot and you wouldn't have to exactly match one.
Drive carefully, and wear a funny hat! W2
I have some extras and even have some with Ford script on them.