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In 1929,stone guards were available for many makes of cars from firms like

Globe and others.If you look at trade magazines from that time,there are ads for them.The car dealers stocked them.The original ones that I have seen for a 1929-1931 Pierce Arrow were held at the top by a knob that was attached to the upper portion of the radiator shell which of course requires the drilling of a hole.This is something I will not do today.

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I believe a very good fabricator could make you a new one.

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Rick,

The metal board should be able to be fabricated.Is your original rusted out? If not too bad,it should be able to be repaired.

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The wrenches,hammer and screwdrivers for the Pierce Arrows of the Series 1,2,3 and 4 era and even a bit later would have been made by Billings and Spencer and JH williams.Most would have would have the Pierce name with an arrow through it on the tool.The pliers called for in the Series 4 tool listing would be 8 inch Reed pliers but these were not stamped with the Pierce name.

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Which part of the board do you need? New rubber covering is available most likely from Steele Rubber.The board itself is made of flat steel to which the rubber is cemented.

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The 1929 Series 143 had the running board apron lights but the Series 133 did not.

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The average mileage on a 1929 Pierce Arrow can vary from the 240000 miles on my roadster to probably a million miles.You need to be careful how you straighten anything on the frame as these Pierce Arrow frames were heat treated and you do not want to use heat or acid dip.Make sure all components are well cleaned as the sand will cause premature wear.Did the love tap affect the frame? How much wear does the engine show?

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Being 1928,the cord may be a black cloth appliance cord with a hard rubber plug and possibly a hard rubber inline switch.When I was a kid someone gave me an old Eureka to tinker with and it had this type of cord.I find the old electrical stuff to be more reliable than what is out there today.

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Check with Steele Rubber.You may have to make new ones.

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The wiring if not frayed should be fine but if it is bad there are sources for period cord and plugs.Google Sundial Wire as they have old style cord in various guages.New rubber appliance cord is available.There are a number of collectors of antique electrical appliances and lamps.

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Who made the Pierce Arrow vacuum cleaner? It looks like a very nice fairly light weight compact unit.How well does it work?

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Contact Ron Monte at 973-236-6164 or 973-226-3607 He may be able to help you on wiper motors that are very close.Keep in mind that at this point in time finding 1929-1931 Pierce Arrow Phaeton-Roadster hardware is virtually impossible so you may have to do something that is close.Trico made most of the wiper motors for the industry in that period.

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Both wiper motors I believe are the same.I think they are Trico.My 1929 Roadster has her beautiful original pair of wiper motors down to original plating.I will try to get a photo and I can also research to see if they were the same for another car.Some 1930-1931 Ford A open car wiper motors are similar looking.There is a person on Ebay who deals alot in wiper motors

for older automobiles.His name is Ron Monte.I got a beautiful nos 1930-1931 Packard open car Trico Folberth motor with original chrome from him.

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My 1929 Sport Roadster has the wiring in flexible conduit and the wiring itself is cloth covered wire.Your car is rather close in serial numbers to mine and your battery box will be on the driver’s side under the floor.Earlier 1929’s had it on the right.If you need to redo the radiator,you need to use the correct core.The spark plug wiring housing,

oil filler cover and water jacket plate on my car are plated.It looks like yours are plated also from the photos I have seen.These details are important.

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There are PAS members in Minnesota who could help I would think.You need to have a full set of literature on hand and ask questions.You might want to talk to and visit 1929 Pierce Arrow owners in other locales.Do you have the roster? Copies are available for the handbook,parts book and of course PAS service bulletins are available.

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How does the car look so far as to wear? It really looks like it will be a somewhat easy restoration.

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The dashboards of these cars tend to get extra holes over the years.They could have been there for a dealer plate.The cigar lighter is the only unit

on the right side.

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It was kind of hard to tell from the photo but yes,if it has sidelamps in the windshield base it clearly would be at least 1922.

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Studebaker Special Six 1918-1919?

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I believe the name of the radiator hose filter that is available for earlier

cars is the Gano filter.

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