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Perfect, thanks! I used to own an 840, my first of my dozen or so Pierce’s, but don’t have any info left on them and I’m working on one….

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Happy Birthday yesterday, Jak! And that’s no joke!

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Car looks like it might be usable, but also like it needs some TLC. Here’s a picture from the catalog. If good mechanically, some money spent judiciously might result in an OK car, but as has been discussed before, a full restoration and you’re “in the bucket”” big time.”

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Kenneth, thanks for offer, but Mama didn’t raise no fool. I’ve already bought the only bridge in Brooklyn that was on the market, just waiting for my Western Union payment to clear the bank…..

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I saw that too, thumbing through Hemmings today. It appears like it needs a total restoration, so the low sale price is not shocking, based on what project cars are bringing these days.

One is so much better off buying a car that’s restored, or even a good older restoration. Just the cost of rechroming everything on that “bargain” would exceed the purchase price.

In the old days, you’d dust ’em off and drive them. Today, you either need an exceptional original car, or a restored car….

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Well, living in Virginia…I’m born and reared Louisiana style, and my heart is still there….

You can get cheaper molasses by going to a livestock feed store or a Tractor Supply, they sell “feed grade molasses”….

Reminds me of the farmer’s wife baking cookies, the Papa Mole stuck his head out of the burrow’s hole and said “I smell cookies!”. The Mama Mole squeezed beside him and said “I smell cookies too!” The Baby Mole, not able to get by his parents to the top, said “Darn, all I smell are molasses…..”

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Bob, don’t apologize for being an Engrinear, I are one two.

In my family, I’ve never lived down trying to get our 2 year old grandchild to move by telling her to “turn ninety degrees””….”

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And, of course, there’d be four distinct pieces, as they’re all different.

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Now the question would be, is the bottom lip of the hood the SAME on, let’s say, all 1929-1938 cars? Or, are there different cross sections. I could make a drawing of the piece need for a ’31 Model 43, but what other models would that fit?

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AHA! I thought there was a metal base. I have a metal worker who could make these, but I think they’d be expensive, I’ll talk to him.

It needs a pretty heavy coating, since the purpose is not to scratch!!

Thanks…

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I’ve been working with some heavy leather to try to figure out a way to make it work. I’ll continue my research and testing and let everyone know if I can figure it out.

I seem to remember the original Pierce hood corners were actually metal, shaped to fit, then covered in leather. This is from one of the cars I’ve owned, but I don’t have proof of that.

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….and in my home garage….

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Congrats, Robert! It’s a great car, it “lived” in my garage for a couple of months not long ago. I replaced the top and the carpet, neither of which were in awful shape but the then-owner wanted new.

I also drove it a little bit, for picture taking and pickup/delivery service, and it’s a wonderful driver. Glad to know it’s going to you!

I’ll show two pictures, it was delivered on a rainy day (I had to call Ed to make sure it was OK to drive in the rain!), and another picture shows it sitting next to my ’31 phaeton…

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Give him time, whomever (whoever?) he might be, Pride of Ownership will probably make him fess up!

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I may have mentioned this, it came out of a large marine engine collection in the Northeast, and I believe it may have powered a small boat at one time….another collector acquired it, having no interest in car engines nor knowing what it really was….he was educated on what it came out of, and decided he’d rather get it back into the automobile community as it wasn’t marine related…I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time…

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Old business, I know, but wanted to publicly thank Ed Minnie for caretaking and finally bringing this little 6HP engine to me. I finally was able to hug it this past weekend, thanks to Ed!

Will see about getting it running again and get a video to post. Would like to use the original Holley Brothers Longuemare carburetor that came with it, although it looks to be in nice condition, don’t know if it’s functional.

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Just today had a brief visit with Ed, he brought me the Stanhope 6 HP engine, he did me a great favor being the caretaker of it for a few months and then delivering on his way to Amelia! The Model J is fabulous, for very little cost he allowed me to see it in the trailer.

Fun stuff, I really value my PAS friendships…..

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Here’s picture I tried to post of the Cord and my phaeton…

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My understanding is that this car needs everything. Greg discusses it well. And, I believe his philosophy for owning early cars is a lot more fun than doing ground up restorations or going for trophies. Have fun with them and drive them….some who know me are aware of my running, driving, semi-presentable unrestored ’37 Cord phaeton, I constantly field questions about “when are you going to restore it”, and the answer is that if I start taking it apart, I may never drive it again. So, it stays as is…

Chassis and engine, $40K.

Paint and bodywork $20K.

Upholstery, interior woodwork and metal woodgrain, $18K.

Chrome $25K.

Misc. emblems, running boards, glass, and all the little pieces you need $15K.

So, $118K minimum, having professionals do the work. In reality, maybe a little more, and at a top professional restoration shop figure $200K.

It’s a shame that these things cost so much.

I’d say just get it running and put blankets over the seats and drive it, but my information is that it’s not in that condition overall.

What a great car, hope it’s saved…

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I have a good friend here in Winchester who took Fay’s course, and came back with interesting stories and a set of, well, long plastic gauges that show body curves, don’t know what they’re called.

Story of going to the class reminds me of a course I took in plastic (PET) bottle blow molding. The instructor started the course by an introduction to the Big Bang Theory. In other words, he thought you had to understand the molecular world in order to understand how plastic acts and reacts.

The same is apparently true of Fay’s excellent course, he starts with atomic level and the philosophy of metal shaping…interesting…

I, too, wish the title of this thread was more like “Fay Butler, Honored in Hemmings”…..

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