[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Thank you for the 25 year pin for my wife. It is very attractive and

she says it may be an exhibit in an upcoming divorce proceeding. My

Granddaughter and wife are presently fighting over who will retain

possession of the beautiful pin!

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

My wife has looked the other way when Pierce-Arrow buying events

have taken place. She has forsaken legal advice. Does 40+ years of

tripping on and walking around P-A spare parts qualify her for a pin

or sainthood?

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Cast one before the EPA makes casting illegal or too expensive!

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Hats off to Al and Linda for the well planned extravaganza. The

hill from hell on the way to Virginia City was a nice distraction!

Al even positioned a palomino wild horse 10 feet from the roadway

for giggles. Everywhere you looked were enthusiastic enthusiasts!

I hope Al and Linda (and their backup) survived.

Tony Costa

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

I have a cranky starter motor and would be very interested in your

findings.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Ed…whatever Bob Sands did to mentor you really took root. The both

of you have added immeasurably to the pleasure and knowledge that I

have acquired by wandering from Cal. to Meets in the East and Mid-West.

If you have the next meet in Siberia, I would attend. To those new

members and old-timers that have missed out on the Meets, I implore you

to make it a priority to immerse yourself in Pierce-Arrow-hood for

several days out of the year.

Ed, I really like the exquisite door handles you have on your LeBaron.

Do you have any spares you could part with, so I can use them on my

836A?

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

For a source for throw out bearings, check the Parts & Services

section listed under Member Pages of this website. It is one

of the major reasons for belonging to the P.A. Society and is a

beacon to other car clubs to show a way to assist their members

to keep their cars road-worthy.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

I’ll drink to that sentiment! A little liquid to the liquidation

and the passion of a Pierce.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Yep,it were those headlamps!They said Rushmore on the glass reflector that was silvered to multiply the burning acetylene flame.

Six or so lenses were ground in such a way to magnify and diffuse the

beam.There were no better headlamps available and they didn’t even offer

a line of sidelights,to concentrate on perfecting their product.A device

on the dash allowed the chauffeur to turn on the gas and electronically

ignite the flame.I’ve never seen this device on any other make and it was on every Pierce in ’12.Tt’s been around 40 years and I’m still trying to

figure a way to get the headlights attached to the fenders.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Your story would make a great movie plot! “Old car devotion” is

a terminal disease that easily outlasts the average marriage(please

forgive me if this observation causes a bout of post-traumatic-

syndrome).You know that “old car devotion has gone too far when

you get up in the morning,look in the mirror and see a reflection

of Toad(of Toad hall in “Wind in the Willows)with his crazed eyes,

who gave his all(his mind)in the pursuit of early automobiles!

Motor on!

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

What became of these cars? Did any survive?

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

See Parts & Services for a listing of one.It’s always a good place to

start a search.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Didn’t the Studebaker President also use the same ball bearing spring

shackles as Pierce? I have several beasts that use this system and

none so far are crying for attention;nary a squeak.If we didn’t have

this conversation,who would know from their car’s operation,that the

bearings in their shackles need replacing? If I replace them,will I

have a smoother ride?

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Darn those Horch people! Always copying Studebaker/Cadillac design

cues.How about being more Teutonic in your approach.They even ripped

the straight eight off of Duesenberg/Packard/Hupmobile.The shame of it

all.Thanks for sharing the fine pictures with us.

P.S. I believe that Hupmobile was the world’s largest producer of

straght eights in ’25-’26.It’s Model E1 cost $1,975 and 118 1/4

inch wheelbase, was reduced to $1,795 in ’26 as the E2.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

It wasn’t my face that should have been studied. Ed’s eyes were glazed

over and he had a fiendish look.He just wasn’t listening to my pleas

about my Grandkids needing me.I remember questioning in my head,whether

collector car tires were constructed with throwing a 6,500 lb V12 into

a hard turn at 70+,in mind.The 2 other earlier Pierces we were racing,

had alot more power than I expected.Two laps around Watkins Glen and no

brakes left over…go figure.I’m glad I brought an extra change of

underwear.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Thanks,Stuart.I hadn’t seen this version.The superior P.A. times

compared to the slower Bugatti and Delage made me more impressed.

The Hawaiian torches used to light the course at night were a little

unnerving.I’d love to know more about the lighting system he used to

drive 124 MPH in the dark.The front axel worked very well and the

camera shots at over 100 MPH must have been high tech in ’32.

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Do you have to manually switch it each time you start the car and

what happens if you forget to switch it back to 6 volts? I hope your

response isn’t shocking!

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Oivind,

Thank You for your reply.Your posts are very informative and the

lake recovery is unbelievable!I wonder what gear the diver used to

survive the temperatures? How the lines were attached to avoid damage

to the car? How the crane was fashioned on ice that wouldn’t support

the weight of the car?

The cars parked in front of the Pierce in the top picture are a

1919 Buick H-45(6 cyl.,124 inch wheelbase,2,950 lbs.,44,589

domestically built),and a 1918 Cadillac Mod. 57(V8,125 inch wheelbase,

4035 lbs.,$2,950,combined 1918 &1919 production=45,146,314 cu.in.).

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

Oivind,

Thanks for the fascinating pictures! How has your winter weather

gone?

[Author nameAuthor names are only available to PAS members.]

I must applaud the Shah’s choice of the finest in automobiles.This

automobile is priceless in the literal sense.However,unless you have

to have wolfhound rugs,countless jewels,and liberal gold on your

car,Fatty’s moving monument,knocks the socks off of the Shah’s

jewelry case.Curb appeal wise,Fatty’s would steal the show from

the rather unfortunate looking Brunn Town car,if the two were parked

next to each other when the Shah’s was new!What custom car could make

Fatty look small behind the wheel?The car screamed Hollywood gotbucks

and masculinity,but wasn’t gaudy or tasteless.Besides the 66 would

out-perform the 1930 car in most ways except stopping.Ray Dietrich

never conjured up a car as uninspiring as the one the Shah purchased.

[Author]

Posts