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Last summer, Bill Morris and I were looking into 6V LED headlights offered by a firm called Classic and Vintage Bulbs of Blackwood, South Australia. They claim to have a 6V LED headlight bulb with a Ba15d base. Bill determined that these would not fit our cars. Things might have changed since last summer, and if anyone would like to research further, the firm again is called Classic and Vintage Bulbs, Blackwood, S. Australia, and the contact email address is [email protected] I have to honestly admit that I don’t have the engineering background to figure this one out myself.

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My calendars arrived earlier this week, and I’ve been giving them out to my friends locally. They’re a great method to spur interest in our vehicles, and I’m sure to give some out to local friendly merchants where the calendars displayed publicly, generate a lot of interest from their customers. This is great in the Midwest as I am trying to recruit a bunch of locals to come along on the National Meet in Indiana this year.

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When I first test drove my 33 1236, came back from about a twenty mile ride and noticed a stream of coolant streaming out of the left side of the engine. Bob Burkhardt, who is connected with the Franklin Museum at Gilmore, was taking care of and showing the car, and he welded up a pinhole on the left water jacket, and the car has been fine for the last two years.

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Just wanted to repost what I posted back in September about running Optima 6V in parallel:

I was going to wait until the batteries were offered next year to mention this, but I did find a very simple solution to having two Optima batteries in parallel to give you a little more cranking power.

Lawson Products (www.lawsonproducts.com) offers 2/0 gauge battery cables which have a regular terminal on one end, and a terminal with a standard battery post on top of the terminal on the other end. This allows you to hook up your batteries in parallel and connect them right to the cables in your car.

Part Nos. are 84816 for positive and 84817 for negative. Cost is about $25. each

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I am having repro 1933 plates made up with the current plate number shown on my daily driver. Back in 1933 they would have registered back to my grandfather.

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I am having repro 1933 plates made up with the current plate number shown on my daily driver. Back in 1933 they would have registered back to my grandfather.

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It does look like black on my car, but it is the original paint and might have discolored over the years.

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I tend to break out in a rash, and sweats, if I don’t get onto the Message Board at least every eight hours.

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Just a thought…I’ve mounted small magnetic mirrors from the dollar store on the garage door, and behind the both of the cars in my garage. I can easily check the lights, and if they’re functioning, without getting out of the car.

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The license plate I currently have on my daily driver was first issued to my paternal grandfather when he bought his new 1928 Hupmobile Century Six. He gave up driving in 1940, and the plate was transferred to my dad’s new 1940 Dodge. My dad kept the plate over several cars until he died in 1996, and the Secretary of State here allowed me to take the plate over, which I have had for the last 22 years. I plan to have a repro plate made up with the same number for my 1933 Pierce 1236, unfortunately I only have the original plates back to 1940. Strange side note..because of the WWII metal shortages, some of the plates issued during the war years were made out of Masonite. I wonder if having the same plate for 90 years, grandfather, father, to son, is some kind of a record.

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Motorcar? I had heard power steering was offered on trucks about 1920, but I never heard a out motorcars. All of them had Armstrong Power Steering as far as I know.

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Jekyll Island is a really interesting place. I’ve spent many weekends there while down at FLETC in Brunswick, GA. I was even able to snag one of the last original neckties from the Jekyll Island Club before they all sold out. They used to run around there with little red bug cars.

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I honestly don’t know on that one and will defer to a more experienced member. I would assume that lots of them are out at Hershey right now. so it might be a week or so before we get an answer.

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Peter, I am very interested in these. I was looking at some sourced out of Australia, but they would have required a different socket. If you have found a direct replacement it would be wonderful..much safer coming home from drive nights.

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One More Time…

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Lets try this again…

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Lets try this again…

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Here are pics of the engine in my 1933 1236.

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Adding to the above comments, I purchased a set of the wireless turn signals as mentioned in this website, and am using them as an interim fix until I can get hardwired turn signals front and back. My car has taillights on both sides, the three “cans” on the left and a single on the right, so they along with the driving lights in front can be fitted with dual filament bases so they can be used as turn signals. Adding to Dave’s comments, I would not drive in city traffic with Free Wheeling engaged, as sometimes you’ll need the extra engine braking boost. I’m searching for LED headlights for the car, as sometimes coming home from a drive night it gets a little dark, especially in the suburbs and through the woods near my house. I’m afraid that Halogen bulbs would get to hot and melt the replacement headlight lenses. Anyone have any leads on LED bulbs for a 1933 Pierce?

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The brakes are out on my 1933 1236 at the moment, but I made a habit of driving it at least once a week, and I live in Chicago. Driven the car in rush hour traffic here with no problems.

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