KIMBALL

Kimball Motor Truck Co. (1917-1926)
Los Angeles, California

This is a Kimball truck emblem (1917-1926)    mjs
Size; 127mm wide 39mm high   MM: None

All Kimball trucks were powered by four-cylinder Wisconsin engines and used worm-drive to the rear axles. The initial line of Kimball trucks consisted of 1-1/2-ton, 2-ton, 2-1/2-ton, 4-ton and 5-ton capacity trucks. By 1922, the range had been reduced to 2-ton, 3-1/2-ton and 5-ton capacity models. Later, in 1924, 1-1/2-ton and 4-ton capacity trucks were added to the line. For the last two years, Kimball limited production to the 2-1/2-ton truck model. Production ceased altogether in 1926.

Emblem

Very little information exists about the Kimball motor truck and its emblems.

The brass Kimball emblem shown above at the top of this post was most likely a hood side nameplate but it may also have been used as a radiator emblem on the smaller capacity Kimball trucks. This Kimball truck emblem is very rare.

The following larger Kimball emblem is believed to have been used as a hood side nameplate. This Kimball emblem is also very rare.

This is a Kimball emblem (1917-1926)    lktec
Size: 170mm wide 58mm high   MM: None

The heavy duty Kimball trucks may have had a cast radiator with the Kimball name cast into the radiator tank top, which was common practice at this time. However, this cannot be confirmed due to the lack of photos or period illustrations of Kimball trucks. 

If you have any further details of Kimball truck emblems, please let me know, in order to update this post.