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All right, so the interest is in the cloth pennants? The only problem I see is that, to do it the same way as my original, would be time consuming. Let me work on the cloth ones, sounds like the plastic sticker is not the best idea.
Sure, that’s a possibility. Whoever made this one did so in a very nice manner, the stitching is very fine (very many stitches to the inch)…it’s a neat piece…
well, shucks, symbol didn’t post correctly…
Well, good point….guess it would be cheaper to go buy a radioactive symbol and put it on the trailer, that might keep people away!
Wow, as I posted this had a strange deja vu …. have I asked this question before? Strange getting old, although glad I am…
Since my car has no thermostat in the cooling system (1931, the thermostat is the shutter mechanism in front of radiator), I did slow the flow of the water. I would be driving at speed, and taking foot off the gas would cause water to overflow the radiator (velocity of water going to top tank versus amount being pulled away by pump?). I took a freeze plug the diameter of the upper radiator hose, drilled a 5/8 inch hole in it, and inserted at top of hose. This works great on my car.
I had a terrible foaming issue on one of the tours. If your car foams, the first thing to check is water pump. The grease in mine was basically gone, so air was being pulled into the system around the shaft. New water pump grease, and foaming problem disappeared.
Yes, the slot is for the temperature gauge line. Another hole would be for vacuum line to windshield wipers, I believe. Don’t need a hole for the horn, as that goes through steering column. So, we’re down to 3 unknown holes!! Underdash wiring harness connects to a junction block located on bottom of firewall, driver side, so nothing there goes through firewall..talking 1934-35 cars here that I’m familiar with, maybe earlier too..
OK understood. Will watch your experiments with great expectations!
I have a front floor mat that was good 40 years ago when I bought the car, I’ve used it of course, and now, at 86 years old (the floor mat, not me!) it’s getting ragged.
If I even knew where to start, I would. Does reverse mold have to be metal? Can it be wood, much easier to work? Most of the pattern not complicated, except the word “PIERCE “” framed in the center…
And what compound to use? Good stuff…”
I’m assuming you know that the wiring plug is available from Steele Rubber Products for about $95? And, you’re casting your own for the pleasure of doing it yourself?
Of course, there are other parts that might not be available. I’m fighting the good fight for rear vent window rubber on the mid-30’s sedans, not available and Steele says $20K for two molds, which they won’t do….
If you get good at casting, would love to replicate the factory front rubber mat that is in my ’31 phaeton, it’s really starting to show it’s age, and I don’t even know how to begin to cast, so my hat’s off to you!!
I think it looks appropriate, as Greg says plenty of black to offset the slight brilliance of the maroon/red.
Pierce seemed to paint most of their cars in very sedate colors, and looking at factory color chips bears that out.
However, advertising helped sell cars, so brightly colored cars in ads (I call them “artist’s misconceptions””) are often seen and often copied on the real thing….”
The then owner of the “screaming purple” car was sitting next to me at the 2001 banquet. He’d just spent big bucks on the restoration. I doubt he’s still in the Society, when the “best of show” (or PAS equivalent) award was given to another car, owned by a well known member, he pounded his fist on the table in anger and said “g-d it, I’m just going to sell the s-o-b, can’t take this good ole boy judging”….
My first Pierce, a 1934 840 sedan, was a very nice medium gray (possibly the Harbor Mist?), just about like the gray primer used today…it was a wonderful original car that fell victim to the 1970’s restoration craze (mea culpa)…the original paint was so nice that when I put the untouched body on the restored frame, people would say “wow, that primer is shiny”…..I’ll try to dig up a picture in my spare time, meanwhile back to work on the identical car in my garage!
Probably some nice cars, if the seller is willing to discount somewhat so that new owner can tastefully do upgrades.
If seller wants high dollar because they’re “classy”, then that’s another story. I believe these cars have been for sale for a while.
There’s nothing wrong with painting or trimming your car as you see fit, and you enjoy, but when it comes time to sell (as it always does), then choices can help or hurt you in sale price realized….
My ’31 phaeton was green with khaki fenders, and when the gentleman who restored it in 1960 upholstered it, he did so with heavy green vinyl, because it would last longer than leather. I loved the car and hated the colors, thus it’s now slightly different…
Pierce was oh so close to being a viable part of the war effort. If one reads the book “Freedom’s Forge” by Arthur Herman (and I highly recommend it, it details the leaders of the automotive giants helping the war effort), one will see that preparations for entering WWII began well before the US actually entered the war. Had Pierce just had decent 1938 sales, and gotten into calendar year 1939, things might have been different.
Just imagine, three Pierce V-12’s powering a PT boat! Yes, reality was that Packard supplied the trio of engines for each PT boat, but Packard could have been second runner up!! The throaty roar of a Pierce V-12 powered Mustang P-51! Sherman tanks….and the list goes on…..
Woulda Coulda Shoulda….doesn’t your heart skip a beat seeing the attached picture (not a new catalog, unfortunately, rather a school yearbook!)…
Yowza….that hurts, on many levels…. now I know what staring at the sun feels like….
Yes, Ed, I thought about that, so will apologize in advance to the new owner….it may be a really good car, but since I’m upholstery sensitive (a trimmer disease), I just see too many cars where the fabric seems to come from JoAnnes Fabric Store or similar. The labor is the huge portion of putting in a new interior, so to skimp on material seems a waste (although, as mentioned, judging from the other cars it seems to be this collection’s downfall, maybe not skimping, but making non-authentic choices)
Mr. A., “disturbing” is a good word for it! I know colors are a matter of taste, but tasteful colors are a matter of sense….
The ’34 twelve cylinder is now on Ebay, listed by a dealer….
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1934-Pierce-Arrow-1240A-Sedan-/391743414292?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276
You have to be Wacko to fly in a Waco, particularly in Waco, Texas or Waco Field, Ohio….
Nothing like the sound of a radial engine, though….I “upholstered” a Ryan monoplane, this is me getting a ride through the Pennsylvania fall foliage, what a beautiful flight….although mail bags would squeeze in that compartment better than I did!
I like the Lexus idea! It’s a lot less messy than the 50 caliber option I had envisioned…..
Actually, people slower in front of me don’t bother me NEAR as much as someone two feet behind my rear bumper…
The old saying is that anyone driving slower than you is stupid, and anyone driving faster than you is an idiot, because only YOU are driving the perfect speed….
