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Some photos just for fun….. another barn find. I passed on this one too much money and not enough good parts. Enjoy.
Sometime in the past I was told that mid 34 all the cars came with hood vents. I have seen the salon package on only a few cars but many have the hood doors. It may be a case of using up parts on hand, or plain hoods were a hard sell. I had a 34 836a plain jane with the hood doors. It was a late production car.
It’s amazing the stuff that turns up that our members know about. Ed
Thanks for the update Jim. There are always more than one way to correctly repair a car, it’s always interesting to see what others come up with for ideas. How about a few more photos of your car.
Phill was very active in the hobby for many years. He had HCCA as well as CCCA cars among others. Back in the 80’s I was a guest at his shop and got a tour. Hill & Vaughn. A very impressive place. He had the family 31 Pierce along with a bunch of Packards. Most of his cars are in a private collection in Palo Alto, and if you go to this winters board meeting, you will probably see them on the tours. He passed away in 2008.
Looks very nice. My only comment is I prefer using bearings to bushings. There are a bunch of diffrent ways to repair the shackle pins. Your factory pins look much better than most I have seen. Cislak still sells the kits for each style from 29 to 38. If I remember correctly there are three diffrent kits. Installing these makes the car drive and track so much better. It’s amazing how few cars have had new pins installed. The only difficult part is pushing the pins in and out as they can be stuck from 75 years of rust and dirt. Also, there isn’t always a lot of room to work under the car to push them out. The local Rolls Royce collector was very impressed with the bearings on the Pierce as his P1 had bushings. Thanks for posting, I wish more members would share their Pierce repairs and restoration. My best, Ed.
I bet we see it on ebay for 75,000
If the car was as good as it looks in photos, it was 25k light.
The distributor wrenches were not marked Pierce as far as I can remember.
About 10 years ago I bought a kit that I was told was from a 1931 PA. It looked like it was placed of a shelf in the garage on day one and left there until I bought it. It was the most complete tool roll I have ever seen, and even still had the distributor wrenches in it along with some other tools I had never seen before. The roll up bag was like new also. I sold this kit to Greg Loftness and he used the bag as a sample for the repro bags he made. I would try Greg and see if he still has it. Ed
Thanks for the info Bill. Dave I think which engine I prefer depends on the area I’m driving. I like the prestige of the twelve. In mountains and hills it’s the twelve hands down….. monster torque and power. On the flat land I like the eight as it’s lighter in the front end and better on gas. The eights of all sizes have more than enough power for the flat lands, and pull hills fine, but LONG grades there is nothing that beats the twelve. I enjoy passing modern 4 and 6 banger cars on the eight mile steep grade clime near me, the look of some drivers is priceless for the ones who realize it’s a stock car and not a hot rod. BUT that hill will burn HUGE amounts of gas HUGE. I bet I get 3 to 4 mpg when running up that hill at 75 mph.
The west coast eight.
There is another late model coup under restoration on the west coast right now. I saw a few photos and they started with much less of a car than you have, It’s an eight. I’m sure someone knows the owner and where it is. They would be a good contact for you. Another photo.
It’s not possible to know, my best guess is you car was and is unique. I like 12’s and most of my Pierce cars have been 12’s until recently. The eights while much more common in any body style have their fans who only want eight’s, and don’t care for the 12’s. I think there are good arguments on both sides of the isle on which is a “better”” driver. If we are going to debate which is better we will need a new thread. There is a 36 v12 coupe on the 144 inch wb for sale right now. I’ll try and post a photo. You have a great car there and it deserves to be done right. ed”
It’s a early 37 number. The lowest number known of the series. Number 2 of 61 1702’s built. I still can’t believe that the local PAS members never had a sniff of the car. The owner must have covered it well to be off the radar.
The clock is tough. I sold one 20 years ago. I may have a factory radio on my shelf.
In the I just gotta know what city / state did you find this thing. While it’s easy to have a sedan to be lost to time, a V-12 coupe of any year not known to any of the club members is unusual. I bet there were a few old timers thinking they would get first shot at it. Does anybody know this car? Ed
Very cool. I like the rear window that goes up and down. Please measure the wheel base, as they made these car in 139 and 144. If you find cars like this back east, they are half gone from rust. Welcome to the club. So to confirm it’s a 1937 1702. Best of luck. Ed Minnie.
Bill, Shouldn’t a series 42 engine be gray? Ed
John; could you post the location for the members? Ed
