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I recall finding and purchasing engineering reports that showed the interchange of parts between the small Pierce engine and the Studebaker engine. This caused quite a stir in the club at that time. I believe the late ’60’s or early ’70’s. I gave the stuff to Bernie, perhaps he remembers or still has it. He does not compute,contact him by snail mail.

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I don’t remember when it started. It could have been after I replaced the forty year old Martin 7 plies. It occurs at 40mph, and you can drive through it. Rapid acceleration through 40mph seems to bypass the phenomenon. If it were at 60, who cares. A lot of driving is done at 40. I think one kingpin is a little sloppy, not bad enough to monkey with along with my other current projects, moving, etc.

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The muffler arrived from John Kepich within a week of my order. It has been installed, and the problem is resolved. Kepich did a great job, and was most helpful. The sound is different, the original equipment muffler had a more mellow sound, oh well. We will autopsy the old muffler to see what obstructed.

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Ed: Ask Pete Bortnick from the Stuart club about the old time radiator shop in Stuart. A friend of mine just had a 41 Packard tank done. The work was excellent, and a modern industrial grade inner coating was used. If Pete doesn’t know the name of the shop, contact me and I will get the name for you. Tony

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I was unable to find any muffler 52″ long at NAPA or CarQuest, etc. John Kepich is making one and it should arrive today or tomorrow.

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Bob: My 36 convertible coupe (now in the Staley collection) had neither footrests in the rumbleseat, nor sunvisors. My 36 convertible sedan has sunvisors.

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Bad condensers may burn points. The problem most often occurring, is the lack of lubrication on the cam, which wears out the fiber contact, causes the points to close up and cause problems. When a repo is better than the original, and moreover you can’t even see it, I say go for it. Tony

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I too possess limited mechanical ability. The dual points in our Pierce-Arrows were the best technology available at the time. I have owned my 36 convertible sedan 41 years in April. Point failure has caused me to hitchike home virtually every time I have had a mechanical breakdown,with my 36 and my 31 convertible. John Ciselak, and other capable mechanics can beautifully repair and synchronize a distributor. However, the problem will be reocurring, trust me. My other three cars, 41 cad, 47 cad, 58 cad, all have electronic ignitions. Install it, forget it, end of story. The 58 was the first, I drove it to Detroit in 2002 for the Cadillac LaSalle annual meet, several tours since, no problems. If anybody would make an electronic ignition for our Pierce-Arrows, I will purchase two, and I am sure Bob Sands would also. Tony Zappone

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As I recall, this car was reputed to be a custom bodied convertible coupe. I think Derham. The car belonged to Clark Rittersbach in Rochester, N.Y. many years ago. Clark has been a dealer his whole adult life, and may be able to shed some light on where the car has traveled since. As some of us have learned the hard way, it is quite easy for anyone to place a custom body tag on a car, and thenceforth the car is known to be perhaps something that it is not. I am not saying that is the case with this car: the only thing I can say is that I sure thought it was ugly. Tony

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The 31 model 43 did over $85,000. The 1917 48 was a most beautiful Peter Fawcett restoration, and did between $350,000 and $385,000. Tony

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Eddie: Please send me Peg’s Email address so I can share your levity with her. We taped the gasket on the carburetor, no change. The noise can be created by very hard acceleration while parked. I doubt the air cleaner solution because the problem began immediately after the valve job, and did not exist before.

Although we could try George’s suggestion with the vacuum gauge, I don’t think the leak occurs until the condition of “pull” while driving, or extreme acceleration while parked.

The coolant test sounds like the next move. Stay tuned. I am leaving it alone until I get back from Florida, in the spring. Maybe the damn thing will rust closed. Thank you all. Tony

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Bill: Could you scan an actual size copy of the spring and e/snail mail it to me? I have a bunch of springs, perhaps I could match the scan to one of mine such that I would have a spare. Tony

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1. Yes, but you would have to match it up, or find

someone who knows what they have.

2. No

3. No

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I used Waldron years ago. He seems to be the one who gets stuff right the most often. He has a good reputation. Tony

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Louis, At the moment, the only remaining item is a throwout bearing retainerm, with a bearing installed (bearing doesn’t seem too healthy). In the future, to find a member’s items, go to advanced search at the top of the Ebay page. When you get the results, click on “find member”. Then put in members ebay name, in my case: “cadpierceguy”. They will then route you through choice to the sellr’s items. Tony

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Bill: During the forty years I have owned ny 1936 1601, I had the rod bearings repoured once, and had one rod burn out in Florida subsequently, and had it redone. When I gave the car to John Ciselak three years ago for a complete engine overhaul, the bearings were all crumbled again. I have come to the conclusion that most of the people doing babbit bearings today: 1. Don’t know what they are doing,or 2. The proper material to make babbit is not available to them. Tony

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Yes. That is the same person.

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Google the Horn Doctor, he is somewhere in central New York. If he doesn’t google, he advertises in many places. Tony

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Alan: What year, model and body style are you restoring? The inquiry on the wheels sure created a bunch of interest. I have received three phone calls, and four emails. They have been sold to the first person who inquired.

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I can’t answer your question. However, I have 4 wires with half tread Lester whitewalls mounted, for sale (they are in Florida). These are the convex rim wheels, sometime referred to as twelve cylinder wheels, although that is not the case. If you are interested, call me at 585-739-2917. Tony

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