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I guess that’s a 2-horsepower Pierce…

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Hi Tony,

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I remember the Board approving Buellton, CA for 2021.

Do you mean 2022?

Cheers

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Thanks, Greg & Ken & helpers for all your creative work! The Angola invasion and the personalized postcards at the banquet tables particularly stand out. Nancy and I had a great time driving the ’32!

Bob

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Rick,

Yeah, right, and there are several Pierce-Arrow automobiles on eBay for $25 , too!

(The Green Book “Pierce-Arrow Sales Facts” for 1933 is one of the most scarce pieces of Pierce literature existing. There is one for every year of Pierce in that era, detailing all specs, body dimensions, paint & upholstery colors & patterns, prices, all body styles, and sales strategies. It is 175 pages, 4.5″ x 7″ format. I have a 1933, and a copy of a 1930. In the 1933 one, it refers to the “1933 Green Book Custom Car Supplement”, which apparently gives even further details on the custom bodied Pierces for that year, and which I would like to see, copy or buy. I have never even seen one.)

Cheers

Bob

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Sounds like a non-functioning cut-out. The battery voltage should rise to around 7 if the cutout is working.

50 volts at the generator means there is no load connection to the battery, and you could damage the generator (and on cars with a Startix, blow the upper solenoid on the Startix – learned the hard way, then put a fuse in the wire to the Startix “gen”” terminal.)”

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Was a previous PAS member’s – Vince Shiro of Van Nuys – see old rosters. Looks like good amateur older restoration, and probably good driver. No Startix, questionable upholstery fabric (hard to tell from pics), no belt or wheel stripes, engine turned instrument panel is not stock. I don’t understand the “normal” style brake pedal instead of the accelerator-shaped one used for power brakes. The power brake unit is there, though.

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Hi Bill,

I thought you sold your V12 – did you get another?

Bob

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Hi David,

There was a PAS Western Meet in Carmel, CA starting on October 5, 1963.

Cheers

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Amazing collection of early Harrah’s cars…

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Yeah, he moves so fast the wind smoothed out the top of his head…

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You might give Cord Blomquist a holler at [email protected]

His father, Richard Blomquist, manufactured the largest variety of Trippe Light labels, hardware and brackets ever.

Bob

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Reverse side picture.

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Hi David and All,

To shed some light on the picnic buttons, in addition to the blue one, there was also an original red one, mfd by Whitehead & Hoag, as shown at left in the 2 pictures. It is 1-7/16″ diam.

NorCal group also made a batch of repro’s as a fundraiser for our 2003 PAS Meet at Tahoe, at right in the 2 pictures. It is 1-11/16″ diam., clasp back. I still have many left Ken, if you don’t get one from David.

Cheers,

Bob

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Hi Merlin and Jane,

Thank you for organizing another great Winter Mini-Meet. Nancy and I enjoyed the Titanic Museum, and the collections, and also a magic and variety show in Branson, which seems like the Midwest’s answer to a wholesome Las Vegas.

Bob

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Look it up in your Roster – shows car is a 1929 model 133 (between 2006477 & 6860).

Cheers,

Bob Jacobsen

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One of the neat things about the ’35 commercial sedans (busses) is that they still had the Stewart-Warner power brakes on the wheels, but also had a disc brake on the driveshaft, engaged by the emergency brake lever. One of the first discs?

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Yes, the ’33, ’34, and ’35 all use the same reflectors, mounting rings and bezels.

The ’33 Buick lenses fit, but leave an â…›” gap between lens shouder and chrome bezel – noticeable onlly when being judged.”

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George (my friend of 50-odd years – or is it my odd friend of 50 years?) et al.,

I agree with your statement “…a 1934 12 conv coupe should have a body tag reading 338-P-nn (2 digits) and a 1935 12 conv coupe 338-P-nnn (3 digits). 1934-35 8s body tags would read 238-P-nn/n as above.”

However, I would like to differ with your statement “The sequential number (following the P or the Y) pertains to BOTH 8s and 12s…their [sic] are no duplicate sequential body numbers on known 8s vs 12s.”

THERE IS EVIDENCE of duplicate #’s when you try to lump 8’s & 12’s together:

1. The Hale notes cite a 1934 twelve 338-P-10 (no other info) and our Roster has a 1934 eight 238-P-10 (Mr. Eastburn, S/N 2080284)

2. The Hale notes cite a 1934 eight 238-P-13 (no other info) and our Roster has a 1934 twelve 338-P-13 (ex Tom Lyons, S/N 3119001).

I therefore submit that the engineering code (238, 338) defines whether the car is an 8 or a 12, and that each code has its OWN sequence starting from 1 or 100.

There could be some other supporting evidence – in my spare time (?) I will search rosters.

Cheers,

Bob

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Hi Johnny,

Great car!

P-A’s body #’s are confusing. From my records, there were at least 74 total 1934 & 1935 V12 Convertible Coupes built. Contrary to what George and Ed stated earlier, the code 338-P-xxx was used for both 1934 and 1935 V12 convertible coupes, NOT for both 1935 8’s plus 1935 12’s. The 1935 V12 conv. coupes probably restarted at 100, so we both agree that there were 33 1935 conv coupes made, and yours is #23.

(The 1934 and 1935 8-cyl both used code 238-P-xxx and numbered 1 thru 32 (’34) and 100 thru 133 (’35) for a total of 66.)

There are at least 9 1935 12’s known, now including yours, which was not previously known.

Love to see it in person.

Bob

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It is probably the same as used on my ’32 Ford…

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