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My weekend project is to remove a few shelves from a shelving unit behind the Pierce so I can back the car in with the trunk installed. It ain’t little!
When Bill Morris and Scott Statsny were going over my car they bypassed the oil cooler too. I have a ’33 1236.
Ron,
I have been chatting with Scott’s brother, and he will be in town next week and I will meet up with him. I will say, however, that he really didn’t have any stock of Pierce parts that I knew of. I was all over his shop in the last year, and while there were various engines and such laying around, I am not aware of any smaller parts such as kingpins. He did have a 1934 Pierce chassis, but again, it was stored outside and I’m not sure of the condition of the kingpins. Right now Scott’s brother can’t take any action until the estate goes through probate. This could take a long time.
Ron, at this point there is no action that I know of. I am in contact with his brother, and will ask him. I don’t know if he would have these parts in stock. Right now I don’t think anything has been settled with the estate.
I ate a Hungry Man TV Dinner very carefully in my Pierce, sharing with my dog Sally!
Congrats on your progress Eric. Once you get everything done, you’ll find you just have thirty more things to finish off!
Congrats on your progress Eric. Once you get everything done, you’ll find you just have thirty more things to finish off!
Tony, don’t be too hard on the brand P car. It’s nice that there’s something for the little people. Actually, taking my car out to mixed shows really seems to be a good ideal. People are shocked by the records held by this car. Kind of like my favorite Brit car, the Daimler Majestic Major. Big, old, stodgy looking sedan that would blow the doors off of any contemporary sports car, including Jaguar.
I meant to ask you earlier, were you involved in that power blackout?
Had planned on coming for the first time, but unfortunately the memorial service for Scott Stastny is on that Friday.
Greg, It turned out to be pathetically simple. Two of the spark plug wires were crossed. Evidently the old owner had them crossed, as the car was missing and backfiring before working on it. There also appears to have been a problem with the distributor cap. I have one of Bill’s on the car right now and we’re seeing how it works. So far, fine. Another problem that cropped up was the cutout relay on the generator. The past owner had rigged a home made device inside the original housing of the cutout relay but now it’s fine. The car was running off of the battery alone. Now I can drive it at night, with the lights and dash lights all on without a problem. I have been driving the car several days a week as long as the weather is fine, and she seems to be running better and better every time I take it out. I just scored a nice leather trunk on eBay for the trunk rack, and now I have someplace to store my tools rather than in the passenger compartment. Have a few minor things to do, put the clock in the passenger compartment, install the correct tail light, fix the locks on the right doors (latches work perfectly but will not lock), small leak in the gas tank where the sender unit comes out. I also want to install the radio that I now have back from the shop, an original Pierce Arrow Model ME, and install a switch I found through the parts locator on this website which allows you to use the parking lights and tail lights as turn signals. We also broke one of the leads on the capacitor on one of the horns, and I need to check the model and determine the correct capacitor value to replace that. Bill told me I could burn out the horn contacts otherwise. Other than these minor things, the car is a joy to drive. Taking it up to a car show in Glenview on Saturday. By the way, where did you find that copy of “Flight Of The Arrow?” I plan on showing the Pierce V12 salesman’s slides at upcoming car shows, and I’d like to have the Flight of the Arrow, too. Young people perk up when you mention the records that this car holds.
Interesting…the levers on the steering column for my 1933 are completely different…the left controls the spark advance, and the right controls the headlights. The knob on the right side of the dash was replaced with a toggle switch that controls the blower on the heater. There is no manual throttle control. The heater appears to be a period correct after market addition, but living in Chicago, it’s welcome. Strange accessory for a car delivered in Arizona.
We were also having a problem with my car not charging. Everything looked fine until we opened up the cutout relay, and the previous owner had taken out all of the original relay inside and replaced it with some sort of diode contraption. It obviously could not handle the current load and was completely burned up. Bill Morris had a spare relay that had to be mounted sideways, but worked. I have ordered a new relay from the Brillman Co. which appears to be correct. It even looks like I can slip the old Delco cover on in place of the one coming with it.
Again, my deepest sympathies over Loki’s passing. He was really a sweet dog, so well mannered. He seemed to remember everybody, you could come up to him a year after last seeing him, talk to him, and he’d remember you. I was so glad that my little Sally finally met him, and they really seemed to get along well. It was a real shock that he passed away so quickly. Again, my deepest sympathies.
It really was a great tour. I had three first timers with me, and now they are all confirmed Pierce fans. I brought my cousin Don, who generally doesn’t like cars more than 2 years old, as well as Scott Stastny’s apprentice Joe, who many of you met at Gilmore. Greg Long was kind enough to teach him to drive on his Model 80, and now, we have a 21 year old guy, interested in joining the PAS. Scott asked me to bring him along to spur his interest in old cars, and the hands on training really worked.
Louis, let me see if I can find the correct one for my car. I am not sure yet if I am going to Hershey but if I can find the correct jack, I’ll sell it to you. A friend has a 1933 836 and I’ll look at his jack.
Thanks Karl. Another reason to go to Hershey this year!
Robert, here’s a picture of the underlayment on my car. As stated, I’m not sure if its original as the car was reupholstered. I have the impression that it’s light and fuzzy so it doesn’t hold and trap moisture under the carpet.
Looks Great! Beautiful car! I was hoping for the debut of my car at Angola but that didn’t happen. Still hoping for Gilmore this year. Doing the paint next year, but it should be mechanically perfect.
Don’t think mine is paper…the fibers are too fine, and too soft. We’re still working on my car at Scott Stastny’s shop, but when I go out Monday I’ll take a pic.
My 1933 1236 also has some sort of felt like material under the carpet in both the front and rear compartments. It seems to be some sort of brown felt, and like yours, is kind of messed up. I don’t know if it’s original, however, as I know my car was reupholstered at some time in the past.
