It is the same car. The Shah’s garage had a 29 D/C Phaeton, a 1930 series A Limo. and the town car. There may be others. I own the lap robe from the Brunn town car, I purchased it from Hermann Brunn’s daughter in the early 90’s, the family kept it and never sent it with the car. The family crest on the robe matches the crest on the rear seats and door panels. My guess is the fenders from the limo and the spare tires were placed on the town car as the town car did not have any way to carry a spare, not a good idea in a dessert where all the roads in the city were still used mostly by animals and carts. Imagine all the nails from the horse shoes! Ed
Last I knew it was a no sale. If I remember it was either not running or was stuck, but not sure. Ed
Hi Tony, Last year a Custom Silver Arrow sold for 2.2 mill and needed a restoration. A correct 66 hp touring in the HCCA era have sold for very low 7 figures in the last few years. I can’t wait till one of my 7 passenger 1930’s sedans catch up to the other SUPER Pierce’s. Ed
It was bid to 1.1 Mill at B-J a few weeks ago, and a no sale. I have seen it in person several times, it’s one of the most impressive cars of any era that I have ever seen. Ed
Drum is held on by a taper, very difficult to remove. Do not drill off the studs or you will end up cutting off the drum with a torch. We left a puller on a drum for 3 days at max torque on the thing, it just let go one afternoon and the thing flew across the shop. Your gonna have to keep using the puller with mor torque and get the lug nuts to hold. I isn’t easy. Ed
Very nice automobile, I wish I had more room in my garage. Looks great. Hope it finds a good home with a PAS member. Ed
Stu, Having had the pleasure of driving and tuning your car, as well as changing a flat tire, I must admit egg on my face that I did not see the green on the frame. But if memory serves me, it was about a hundred degrees and I was drinking beer on the roadside while we changed out the tire. Is the entire frame green? More photos please! Ed
Just my 2 cents. While I can’t tell you how many different Pierce cars I have looked at over the last 40 years, the only car I have ever seen in person with a painted factory chassis color that was not black was the 1930 Waterhouse car. When the restoration shop that was restoring the car said it was painted blue, I drove the 30 miles to their shop just to see for myself before they blasted it. I have a factory photo of a very special 1931 series 42 dual cowl factory promotional car that had a monochrome paint of metallic silver over the entire car including the chassis, with stainless Budd wheels. While anything is possible on a special order car your car was almost certainly black, and just restored the way it is at the request of the owner. If you can’t see the chassis on a late series car, why would one paint it anything but black? Can you post a few photos of the car and chassis? Ed
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It was either Bob Sands or Peter Williams. Good luck, Ed
Congratulations, it’s great to see our Head Judge win this important award. Ed
Dave, go to http://www.elmerstoyandautomuseum.com to get an email address for Elmer, he has a collection of 600 pedal cars. He has written books on the subject. He’s a nice guy and can give you the info you want. Ed
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