Auction 1936 Pierce-Arrow

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Does anybody know how many were made and how many are left?

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Your question raises another question. Those amber auxiliary light lenses suggest asking if this is really a 1936 model – could it be a 1938? The auction website does not seem to show the car’s interior – seeing the dashboard would help, if it is the original one. Then, if it is a 1938, this would be a rarer model than the 1936 version – we would already have added to the car’s value just in its present state!

Brooks

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It’s a 1601 series. I have inspected this car on several times over the years.

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The February Hemmings Motor News just came out here. The 1936 convertible coupe-roadster is listed with a contact in California and a $149,500 price. There is also a “1933 Model 836 club brougham, V12,frame-off restoration, rumble seat” (an intriguing description for a car that won at Meadowbrook), listed for $175,000. Could it demonstrate how spending $200,000 on a Pierce is worth it?

One of the 1936 Grand Canyon park-type buses is also listed in the February Hemmings. The Pierce remained in Arizona and New Mexico for years when Bob Scoon discovered it on one of his cross-country trips (adding there may be a second surviving bus but never mentioning any details). This one is now in Montana and still needs a complete restoration. No price is given in the ad but an estimate-range may not be hard to come by – this bus was built in a run that included the identical Yosemite Park buses. John Meyer’s book, “The Forest Domain of the Pierce-Arrow,” includes detailed period photos of a bus both inside and out; so many specifications are quite clear. Would someone like to add up the numbers?

Brooks

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While dealing with insomnia last night, I ran across a show called, “Strange Inheritance, orphan cars, first aired 2016. It was the story on the children of Grant J. Qualm, liquidating his 85 car collection. This car was the focus, along with a Kissel Gold Bug.

They claimed there were 5 of them and the color came from the coffee can of his favorite coffee.

The Kissel and the Pierce were no sales, but the other cars brought $700k. The collection was appraised at $1 million. In 2015.

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TV Guide says season 2 episode 15 originally aired on January 18, 2015, is available to stream

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Butternut Coffee can was the inspiration for the paint.

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