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Rick,

Sometimes I get depressed about the myriad of problems that

threaten our hobby. Visions of the great crusher in the sky stalking

one of my beauties comes to mind. Then relief appears, while viewing

your efforts, I realize that these cars have so much personality and

capture their time in history so craftily that they will be saved.

Our bruised knuckles and hemorrhaging wallets will be worth it and

future generations will think kindly of us.

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Rick,

You’ve sure got the momentum going! Watch out or a Reality Show may

discover how much drama one gorgeous P.-A. can stir. You are an

inspiration by example and your viewable efforts are entertaining.

Thanks

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Scott,

Do you belong to the Franklin Club? They would be a great source.

Long ago , tire cos. would list a recommended pressure next to the

tire size you needed. Car engineers selected the tire size that would

be safe for your car. Most likely, many other cars would use the same

size even though they didn’t weigh exactly the same. Probably they

all used the same pressure. Call Coker Tire and get their take on

what you should run.

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Bob managed to buy a Marmon I’ve lusted for since 1972.I salute his

his fine taste in autos and use his book at least once a week, to

mitigate the effects of old age. It helps to grow my knowledge of old

cars too. Hats off to you, Bob.

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John is a great source on 836A’s. He mentioned to me that he hopped

one up as a college student and was able to do 65MPH up the old

“grapevine”” highway to LA. This road was very steep with many turns.

Lots of truckers got killed losing their brakes on this stretch. He’s

a fine gentleman with a unique perspective on Pierce-Arrows. Best

wishes to him.”

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Who doesn’t go for canary yellow on that ’35 show car convertible? It

would sure give my garage a sunny disposition. Welcome to our

association of dreamers, Mr. Brown, where the past is in our future.

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Ed…I too bought a 1915 Ford T last year.

it is original and in the same family for 90 years. I intend to use it for running Pierce-Arrow parts. Before you buy the Packard, take it a few laps around Watkins Glen. It’s the least you can do before you defect. My Mother told me to never be swayed by a pretty face!

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I’m not sure when the purist streak came out in me. Perhaps it was when I got exposed to Bill Harrah’s ways. Maybe it was the day I realized how few( percentage-wise) slipped through the cracks to be with us today.

I guess I felt I owed those survivors an attempt to portray them as their

designers conceived them. I also want to be honest to future generations in their attempt to understand one of the most important inventions of man.

Anyway, I have a friend with a baby blue 1912 auto. I explain to folks that if the owner pulled up to a saloon in 1912 and mingled with the alcohol sot ten bar flies, the color of his car might invite some disparaging insults about his manhood. Fisticuffs might result. Color matters.

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If my memory serves me, the photo in the snow served as an illustration in the Horseless Carriage Gazette during the ’50’s or ’60’s, regarding an article about the car hobby 100 years later.

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Mr. Minnie…Those pipes are gorgeous! I need them for some plumbing I’m engaged in. Are they available?

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Oivind, your contributions are always so enjoyable. It is interesting

that the French would jazz up a conservative body style with a slanted

windshield, and throw in the antique (at that time) side lamps. By 1925,

this car would still perform well in comfort and speed with new luxury

cars, even Pierce-Arrows. An open ’16 48HP should top out at 72+MPH.

Can a ’25 Model “33”” 7 pass. Touring top that?”

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Nice car Jak. I’ll think of it whenever I see a eucalyptus tree over here.

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Let it happen, please!

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I own a 1934 836A serial#1080056, the earliest the club has listed. I’ve owned it for 7 years and have run it in 85 degree weather. It runs cool and doesn’t have hood louvers(as designed). The car is Pierce’s attempt to to save the Company by entering a broader lower cost market. Packard had the financing to retool a middle price($1,060)120 straight 8,Pierce had to do with raiding last years parts bins and cutting amenities that you would find on dressed out Model A Fords(Dual spares and dual tail lights were an extra expense on an 836A).I have been told by experts that the hood vents turned up on serial number 1080750 and above. Perhaps they were constructed in 1935. The highest serial# our club lists is 1080935. None of the experts I have consulted can support their opinions with a source(it’s very likely that nobody can).The major P.A. books shed little light on 836A’s production. I’ve never seen a picture current or period of an 836A with ’34 vents. If the factory had knowledge of overheating, it would seem that a recall would have occurred and all the survivors would have this upgrade(none do).I believe that all the “late” ones came equipped with vents, but I assert that they were for looks as a sale promotion or to distinguish them from “’34 models” to sell in a 1935 showroom. I’m looking at a period photo postcard. It shows an 836A Brougham and refers to it as a 1935 model. It may be little more than a smoking gun, but it outweighs the evidence those that disagree have produced. If you can direct me to

a source that would document how many 836A’s and when they were produced and marketed, it would be much appreciated. I’ll sleep better.

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Bill and Wilma are perfect Ambassadors for the hobby! Many Thanks.

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What a nice looking ’35 836A. If you were making decisions for the top make in the US, you wouldn’t introduce your styling changes for the next year on your bargain basement model that you were bailing out on; would you?

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1922 was the first year for the slanted windshield with the side

lamps inset the windshield assembly. I agree that it is a Studebaker

Special Six. A ’23/’24 Big Six is on my “bucket list””.”

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My wife and I, raised “a shapely calf” in the backyard, but

pantyhose was out of the question. What’s the commercially

available in hose strainer’s name?

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On my research, I came across some trivia: A Toledo, Ohio ear, throat

and nose doctor, took what he learned from inventing the atomizer to

dispense medicine in vapor form, and invented the first spray gun.

Thanks Dr. DeVilbiss!

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I heard that early “metallic”” paint was accomplished by crushing

oyster shells. Can anybody confirm this? History of “”metallic”” paint

is hard to come by and is often controversial.”

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