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Thomas,
I have those braces on my ’32 that you mentioned, I will try to get some photos to you tomorrow. I had to remove the old tires under the sidemount covers with a saws all as they had literally petrified over the years. If replacing those tires, be careful to put the same size tire back under the covers because oversize tires won’t fit.
These are great pics Richard, keep them coming and keep us up to date on how it’s going.
You mean like these?… These are not riveted, but screwed on, most likely replaced thru the years as the leather still has some life to it. Located on the front and rear corners of the hood. I treat the leather with peanut oil to keep it supple.
Richard, are you looking for the running board mounted spotlights, or the simple handle mounted thru the cowl spotlights?
Roger,
On my 32′ the gas gauge is located on the driver side, however, my car is a model 53 V-12, I do not know if that makes any difference from a model 54 or not.
I am always amazed at the wealth of knowledge that is this Society! Good job guys!
Another question to ask is was the war memorial plaque still there?
The Prince of Wales visited the US in November of 1919, a year after the end of the First World War. President Wilson had suffered a stroke in October of 1919, but was propped up in Lincoln’s bed at the White House to receive him. Once President Wilson had his stroke he very rarely, if ever, left the White House, as he was largely incapacitated. So if this photo was taken after October of 1919, it cannot be President Wilson in the car.
Larry,
I saw this car last year online, the price was initially $59,900, seems he’s come down a bit.
It looks to be a nice car, I wouldn’t mind adding it to my collection!
(Right after I hit the lottery!)
Edgar,
It appears you seemed to have escaped this deep freeze that has the rest of the country reeling?… Must be nice!… Enjoy!…
Curtiss
Patrick,
My ’32 series 53 limousine has that particular body tag located on the passenger side body panel just as Chris pointed out in his earlier post.
It appears to be made of brass with no paint on it, course that could be from the years it has been on the car.
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Edgar,
Is this the real car or someones reproduction of this car?…
I just came across this discussion of this land speed record P-A on the AACA forums.
I cannot send the link but go to http://www.aaca.org/forums look for 1930 pierce-arrow land speed record car.
Interesting discussions.
Just got home from another great Gathering at Gilmore.
We left Troy at 5:30 AM Saturday morning and arrived at the Comfort Inn about ten to eight.
Though our intention was to ride with someone, Dave Stevens graciously allowed us to drive his ’33 limo for the tour on Saturday. He specifically told me NOT to put any gas in it for it had enough for the tour and the trip to the museum the next morning. WRONG!
The first stop of the tour was to see the Parfet collection of cars and boats at his estate. WOW, what a collection!…
The next stop was Hastings and the village of historic Charleton Park for a little sightseeing and photo ops.
Next we drove into downtown Hastings and right smack into a city parade. Re-routed along a different route we finally arrived the Waldorf restaurant (no, not the Waldorf Astoria!…) where we were treated to a delicious lunch. After stopping at the Riddle collection a certain typographical error caused many of us in the caravan to go the wrong way back to the hotel. After discovering the mistake I headed back the right way only to get about 10 miles from the hotel before we ran out of gas!
(2nd year in a row I might add!) Luckily we managed to get some gas from the fellow that lived in the house who’s driveway we ran into before stopping. That helped us to get to a gas station and back to the hotel.
The dinner was incredible Saturday evening as well as the camaraderie with the Peerless members.
Sunday was beautiful weather and a great turnout for the show. Though I was not privy to who all won for their cars my wife and I were manning the P-A merchandise table for the day.
All in all another great GAG to add to the books. Dave and Dianna did another outstanding job and many rounds of thanks and applause go to them for their efforts. Also thank you to all those who bought the P-A merchandise to help support the museum, I think we did pretty well.
Bill,
I have not done anything yet, I was hoping to hear some feedback first before I attempted to work on it.
Thank you for the information Ed, I hope it is not that bad.
Hmmm…
While looking at the manuals listed online this paragraph about thermostat shutters caught my eye;
“This unit requires no adjustments and should it fail to operate for any reason it should be given to the attention of a Pierce-Arrow Service Station.””
Yeah…. don’t quite know of any Pierce-Arrow Service Stations around these parts… anyone else know of any that might still be around?…”
I was searching the internet one evening back in 02 when I came upon a webpage called http://www.rollingart.com and found my 32 limo for sale.
My wife just happened to walk into the room and I said “Hey check this Pierce out.” She looked at the photo and said “You should buy that car!”
So after an exhausting 8 hour drive overnight from Detroit to Philadelphia, we arrived to find this big limo stored in a warehouse, half covered with a ratty old tarp, dirty and dusty, and with a dead battery to boot.
Thinking “What did I just get myself into?” and that I just drove all this way for nothing, we managed to charge the battery and the limo coughed to life.
Once I started driving it I knew I was going to bring it home. It drove quite smooth for a Tank. Even though when I braked it threw us into the next lane, I knew I could not say no at that point.
Interesting to note that I was unaware on the test drive that we were only running on one bank of cylinders. Once I got it home my friend Ed popped the distributor cap, adjusted a few things and both banks roared to life.
(*Sniff*) :`) And that is how the ’32 came into our lives!
(Isn’t that a great story!)
All of you make a valid point, nothing is really private anymore.
It is scary to be able to type someones name in a computer and, not only get their names and address, but a map to the house as well!
I guess I looked at it as all those names and information just out there to get in someones hands that would only view it as an opportunity to take advantage of it.
But, looking at the situation as a whole, who knows how many of those old rosters are out there floating around.
Thanks for all your input.
Oivind,
I’m glad my story inspired you, that is why I wrote it.
It took a while for my big V-12 to crank over as well but that is due to the fact that I do not have an electric fuel pump on my car and it takes time for that old gas to get up to the carbs to crank over.
Here in Michigan it is now raining and around 50 degrees, it is supposed to rain on and off all week. That is good, since it will wash all that nasty salt off the roads and I’ll be clear to hit the open road again.
Good to see that you got your car out on the road, I hope you guys get out from under that deep freeze soon.
Happy Motoring Oivind!
Well, here in Michigan we are all waiting for those warmer days to come but, like you in Tuscon, when those days happen, we all start complaining about how hot it is, then we kick on the air and stay huddled in our homes all day until the sun goes down.
As I am used to everyone saying, “It’s not the heat, but the humidity that makes it so miserable.” Well 90 degrees is 90 degrees whether it is humid or not and I don’t think any classic car likes that kind of weather.
Although when we drove back from the Gathering last year, temps were in the high 80’s with no wind and pretty humid. We drove 1-96 all the way home doing roughly 55 all the way without a hiccup, though the temp gauge was very close to the critical point a few times.
We got lucky though, had there been any construction and long delays we probably would not have made it in those conditions without overheating.
