Me and My Arrow

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We ride the back roads in our early cars, Anne and me. I love the incredible beauty that surrounds us. At 30mph, we can feel everything, every flower, every blade of grass. I am in no hurry. I can be on the expressway, but there, it is all a blur. No connection. No Zen-like moments.

And the people? Yes, the people! every smile, every wave, every thumb’s up. Beneath me is a 102 year-old-car that surrounds me in history. Handmade by skilled but delicate craftsmen wove aluminum, brass, hardwoods, steel, leather, and rubber into one of the finest technological automobile creations the world never saw before.

A huge powerful beast that has been doing its job for over five generations. It has seen 18 Presidents rise and fade. But it continues long after its makers. I think it will be going once we are all dust.

Born in World War 1, August 1916. It was rolling at the end of WW1 1918. Prohibition. Roared into the 1920s. Jazz was king. Carried flappers. Hats and veils.

Crashed through the Depression. Kept going as owners rose and fell. Another owner to love it, feel its mighty engine, squirted Neatsfoot oil into the massive clutch, waxed it. Polished the brass. Changed the oil.

Passed through WW2, a blink of an eye in its history. Leaders came to power and were gone again, but this car lived on. Shining at car meets. Two Pebble Beach tours. 2014 and 2015.

And now to me. I am in awe everytime I see it! Caress the metal work, slide across from the passenger door, enrich the carburetor, retard the advance, a tickle of throttle, squirt of gas, switch on, press the starter. Sit there in quietude. In silent joy, as the 525 cubic inches come rumbling to life, again. Ready to roll!

It cannot be better than this. If I were to pass on at this point, I would have known life at its best.

Come go with us sometime. I can carry seven passengers, comfortably at a time! Me and Anne and five more! Come on!

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What a great soliloquy, one befitting of such a handsome automobile.

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BRAVO! BRAVO!

This is an Ode to Your Beautiful Love!

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The joy of owning a Pierce Arrow…………man and machine become as one.

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I remember Ed and his V12 at Watkins Glen in a turn at high speed when “man

and machine”” almost became as one! Are the stains in the seat still there?

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Wonderful message, so uplifting and inspiring! You took us places just as your car takes you.

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G’day Bill, Poetry in motion.

Makes one feel good to be alive!

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Thank you for making life feel worthwhile!

Cheers

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Jak.

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Thanks for reminding us of all the joy that these machines have brought and continue to bring!

Bob

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Thank you. Pierce Arrow inspires us all!

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