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I know the corners on my Packards are rubber and I believe the ones on my 1929 Pierce Arrow are rubber.These have been obviously been replaced.The rubber from that time was natural rubber and would eventually break apart.This does present an interesting question that needs further research.
They are held to the hood by a split rivet.Are there any remnants left?
The artists in many automobile brochures did a bit of license in the colors on the cars in brochures.The dealers did offer color charts and the paint suppliers also had color chips so a shop could order paint for repair jobs.
In some cases like Packard in 1930 with their 745 DeLuxe Eight models,a client could order special colors on their automobile.
Beautiful puppy! Bull Mastiff?
Those rubber hood corners protect the finish on the car when the hood is propped up.I believe Steele Rubber may have these.
The Northeast Hot Head lighter that came on the 1929 Pierce Arrows is not a retractable lighter.The head is pushed in and when ready to use,the head comes off.Packard and Lincoln used a reel out style of lighter.
Your phaeton appears to be in original colors.The Arrow has published both
the early and late 1929 color charts.Pierce Arrow did do some different colors later in the 1929 series cars.There was a Pierce Arrow ad in 1929 which shows a phaeton in front of Columbia University in a color pattern rather similar to that on your phaeton.There are paint books around that show the colors for the cars of that era.
The Series 133 cars for 1929 had 19 inch wheels.The Series 143 cars for that year had 18 inch wheels.This was the case whether the cars had the wood wheels or wire wheels.What you need is a 19 inch lockring plus the little lug that helps to keep it in place.
You might keep in mind the fact that the original chrome on some parts may polish out just fine.Bear in mind things can get lost in the plating process.
Alot of plating expense is in the preparation for plating.If an owner does some of this,it can be a way of lessening plating cost.
Putting a light oil in each of the spark plug holes will help with turning the engine over.Some use Marvel Mystery oil or upper cylinder oil for this.Good clean oil in the crankcase would be a good idea.The old oil no doubt has alot of contaminants in it.
Your car should have a Northeast Hot Head cigar lighter on the right side of the dash.The switch you mention may have been placed there to operate the Trippe lights on the front bumper.The lighter may have been removed to install the switch.
The spotlights I believe are the same left or right but it is the bracket that is different.If the lamp is disassembled,the bracket can be removed.A good machine shop might be able to make the right hand bracket using the left as a pattern and it would be reversed to bolt to the right side.The Lorraine spotlights were supplied to many makes of cars but the mounting brackets would differ as to application.
This is from another car that probably got thrown in the trunk of the Pierce Arrow.You would see these on Model T’s,Dodges etc.
The 1929 cars did not come with an archer as equipment but if a person wanted one apparently the dealer would fit the 1928 standing archer to the 1929 radiator cap.I believe the factory felt an ornament was not compatible with the smooth lines of the new car.The standing archer from what I have read caused some controversy and during 1930,the kneeling archer was introduced.
The colors for the 1929 Pierce Arrows were published in the Arrow sometime back.I believe there is a master index in the service bulletins.
A number of 133 cars were fitted with hoods with doors,There are factory bulletins making reference to this.Some of this information was in an Arrow of some years back.
American Arrow I believe can supply windwings along with spotlights and their brackets to fit those existing mounting holes.
Interesting question!The hoods with doors were initially on the 143 cars but were later supplied as a dealer upgrade on the 133 cars as I guess there was a demand. My 1929 Sport Roadster,a late summer early fall 1929 133
has this option and I believe Kumpf Motors of Denver desired a fully dressed out car for shows or display.I am only the fourth owner and have the full history.The second owner retained the car for 30 years.Kumpf delivered my car
to the first purchaser.
Deluxe equipped means sidemounted spares and the trunk rack.I have not seen an early photo of a 1929 Pierce Arrow with metal covers,wind wings or plated shutters.I do have in my files of Pierce Arrow literature an original accessory list for 1929 with prices.This same list was in an Arrow of some years back discussing the 1929 cars.You really did not start seeing whitewall tires until about 1932 and later.I believe in the accessory list that plated shutters could be obtained on order.The bracket lamps may have been a matter of either a client’s taste or the requirements on headlamps on certain jurisdictions.
This is a deluxe equipped 1929 Roadster.All the early photos of 1929s I have seen show either a tire cover made of tan Burbank fabric or black Pantasote.
The spare tires are held in place against a chrome plated pad with leather straps.The See Rite sidemount mirrors with a base to take a leather strap, I believe may be available from Bill Hirsch.
A passenger’s side spotlamp would be an option possibly and an export car with right hand drive would have a right hand side spotlamp.Packard open cars in those years came with a driver’s side spotlamp but the accessory catalog shows a passenger side light as an option.Accessories like windwings were made by firms like the one who made JH Tonneau Windshields.They were made for many makes of cars.The Lorraine that was used on the 1929’s has a slightly different head design than the one used in 1930 and 1931.Again finding a nice one of these will present a challenge.
