Street rods vs originals… ideas, thoughts

I’m selling turbocharger kits,exhaust headers,and flame decals for

Pierce-Arrows.If the factory can race them at Bonneville Flats,why

shouldn’t we have some fun with the tuner crowd at the stop lights(just

kidding).

I must admit that I too have had nothing but good luck over the last 20 years driving my V-12 Pierce. As a matter of fact, the most costly repair so far has been a new set of tires after driving fifteen thousand trouble free miles. I must admit the gas is kind of pricey when driving a twelve. I’m pretty sure Paul Johnston has been driving his late model Pierce for over 50 years without any trouble either. Carl, did you contact any club members for help when you were having trouble with your car? Most any member is always willing to lend a hand and moral support to get a car running properly.

Curt…. Tony is a snow bird……… neither he or his Pierce have seen snow in years! Here is a shot out my back door yesterday in Mass, it was -17 at 6 am.

Interesting thought on snow tires Curtiss. When I bought my ’31 Pierce, it had all the original tools (as new, in the original pouch). In addition, in the tool area was a new set of tire chains, in their original cloth bag. I thought this was wonderful. But after moving them two or three times under there over the years, I set them out for the trash. Who would want them?

I use the original winter front on my Series 33 on cool mornings. The winter front fits on studs attached to the lower part of the radiator. It has three positions depending on how much of the radiator is to be covered.

If you take a close look on the rear wheel you can see “tire chains””. I only used a strong and thick rope which in fact made it possible to drive quite normally. The tire I have are like racing slicks… Without chains it would have been impossible to drive on snow.

This picture was taken some years back. It was sunday morning before they came with ther snow plow and the salt.

In Oslo we have a tradition to drive on January 1 up to a little mountain close to the city. You have to drive an open antique car and at the at the goal you have to eat an icecream outdoor…! I planned to go this year but the road was allraedy destroyed by salt. The photo is from last “”snow rally””.”

Hi Tony,

The car is an Apollo 1910, produced by A. Ruppe & Sohn (1903 – 1927) in Germany. It is a friend behind the wheel, I was only Co-pilot. New leather straps were under production, therefore the rope! The car is air cooled.