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Thanks, Randy, looks like a great meet from pictures I’ve seen. Damn, wish I were there, but Mother Nature thought otherwise.
My best to all, miss you guys and gals…..
Thanks for picture. I’m there in spirit, though I realize that’s not as much fun for anybody. Y’all have fun!
Yes, Tom, good investment! Glad to help, not the first time I’ve seen a fellow tourer pull over and use the can out of my trunk!
It’s one advantage of having a gas gauge that doesn’t work, you always have extra gas handy.
Sure am going to miss seeing everybody but my decision is, unfortunately, the smart one for the current situation.
Getting older reminds me of the answer I used as an engineer when my boss would ask if a project was running behind schedule. “We seem to be experiencing an interesting sequence of developmental challenges……”””
Hopefully you find a good ride! Have fun….
Try this
…and this one appeared briefly on EBay today, someone snapped it up at the buy it now of 275.
Never seen the smalll one gallon oil before, 5x5x10 high….
Wonder how the buyer will get the paint off? I know the toy train guys get paint off, saving lithograph….
You didn’t have to remove it! I was just sort of throwing a teaser out for the Museum newsletter!
Peter, that sounds like a better lead for the mascot restoration!
That’s the best, Ed! No more pictures, though, I’m going to feature it in the Motorcycle issue of the Great Arrow!
A lot of time the buffing eliminates a lot of the detail, here is a pic of some of the work RD did for me…
Ed mentions his five gallon can, perfect, mine is very nice not perfect. I’ve told this story before, probably.
Ed was coming through town and we went out to eat. During dinner, he mentioned he had found the five gallon can. I was jealous of course, but glad he found it!
The next day, I thought, gee, where would I find a five gallon can? Hmmm, how about Buffalo? So, I went to Craigslist Buffalo, and it’s beyond belief, but there was one listed. I contacted the guy, he’d found it in the rafters of a barn at an old property outside of Buffalo. We made a deal.
What are the odds of that, and the timing had to be perfect!
the other 2
Thanks Peter.
I guess it’s the “special compound” that makes it a tough to find can. I only have 5 cans,the 1 gallon motor oil underseat, 1 gallon motor oil square, a 5 gallon motor oil, a smaller grease can, and a Hypoid compound.
Guess I need to adjust my pricing expectations!
I did some Pierce door handles last year, and was concerned about keeping the detail on the pot metal.
Attended a seminar at the AACA meet in Philadelphia, and talked to a plater who specializes in doing pot metal. They strip the part, then his son does a lot of emphasizing the detail, so that when plated the detail is there.
They did an excellent job on the door handles, was very pleased and all detail was kept nicely. Family run business, and owner and son very involved in day to day operations. Obviously I can’t guarantee results, but my experience was very positive.
R&D Finishing, Elizabethton Tennessee. Hopefully the attached to the website will work.
Wish I had such an ornament to bring to the Mascot Reunion! Best I could do would be a Foss Hughes truck eagle!!
Excellent ending to an interesting story! Hope to see you at the meet!
I don’t think Ryan ever said that he’s going to bid on the car at the auction?
That’s a shame to have someone in the family willing to step up and buy, yet the family says no.
I, too, hope he ends up with it….
Yes, Ed is correct, as usual. I did a set not awful long ago and you could see the chrome remnants on the latch. I know I’m Captain Obvious, but make sure your plater knows to do just the part that shows.
These things are fun to take apart and put back together. Hope you took some pictures of the assembly as it came apart, it’s one of those “oh, I’ll remember” and you don’t….!!
Nope, I’m just crazier than most people when it comes to unusual Pierce memorabilia!
Ed owns one of the rarest items, he forbade me to bid on it when it came up!!
Rick, “green books” are easy to come by, just not the Pierce kind!
My experience with driving a Pierce 12 was with my ’34 production Silver Arrow at the Dallas meet, 1985.
We were heading out the rolling hills of Texas to the Pate Museum. My car had a slight fuel problem, and I pulled over. Trouble truck stopped, we fixed issue but it took a little time.
Realizing we were late for lunch, I sort of put my foot closer to the floor than I had before, and to use Tony’s relevant term, we “flew” to the museum. The car was not straining, we were going fast, but I had no idea how fast since the speedometer was on the fritz. This was an unrestored, 1960’s “dust it off and paint it” kind of car.
We got to the museum, and in a little bit the trouble truck drove up. He walked up to me and asked, how fast were you going? Saying I had no idea, he continued, well, in the truck following you I was going 75, and you pulled way ahead of me!
Later, I sold the car to obtain a ’37 Cord phaeton. The new owner picked it up in Dallas (I delivered it there) and proceeded to drive it to Washington State. He later told me that he had it over 100 on one of the straight stretches out west, although that had to be a guess, as no speedometer and before the era of GPS cell phones.
I wish I were in the position to negotiate on this car, what a beauty….
