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Robert and Mark,
Make sure you get the Pacific rim tool that has the expandable legs.
I just looked on eBay again and they also list Pacific rim tools with fixed length legs.
Here is another.
Peter
Ed,
Actually, your fingers are likely too big and your eyesight is in the over 40-years-old mode.
Get some reading glasses and keep them everywhere around the house and in the cars.
HA!
Peter
Mark,
Here is one from eBay.
It is like the one I have, a Pacific.
The advantage of that particular brand / model is that the two adjustable legs extend and contract (lock in place), so they accommodate large rims.
That feature is essential forgoing this task.
Also make sure that you get some Tire Talc and Tire Lube, otherwise the tube won’t seat properly and regarding the Tire Lube, the tire will stick on the rim and you will NEVER get it on.
Also, buy a set of Motorcycle tire irons, they are cheap and essential.
Don’t use tire irons with squared edges, as you WILL nick the tube and have to patch it or us an unblemished tube.
Peter
KARMA!
David,
That is the going price, empty or full.
A few years ago at Hershey I was sitting in Rick Horne’s tent chatting with Liz and a guy came walking in and asked if I was interested in buying a can just like above, but FULL / Unopened / Perfect condition for $100.00.
I was on that faster than a dog on a dropped steak.
When Rick came back and heard the story he was quite reasonably upset, as after all, his tent and the sign “WE BUY PIERCE-ARROW PARTS” was the reason the guy stopped.
I then sold it to him for cost, even though he later flipped me an additional $50.00.
Those can are unbelievably difficult to find.
The one that is even more difficult to find is the DUPLEX Special Compound can for the Series 80, that is about 12-inches long and 2-inches thick and fits under the front seat.
Peter
Greg,
The photo of the newly plated one is the same mascot as in the first photo that I posted.
I believe that the angle of Mark’s in the photo is deceptive as to where the Archer is looking.
We will see in Indiana, if more than two arrive for comparison.
Will you schedule a separate, last-minute event for the Mascot Fest?
We are all excited about the Meet.
Peter
Greg,
You should also ask Wayne, Karl K., Mark Wetherbee and Jim Payne to bring theirs and you can hold a regular old Running Archer Comparison Fest!
Peter
Ryan,
WOWIE ZOWIE & YAHOO!
Congratulations.
We hope to see you and your Pierce-Arrow in Indiana.
Peter
Gents,
RM lists the price range as between $32K & $38K.
It goes on the block tomorrow.
Good Luck, Ryan!
Peter
Mark & Greg,
When I owned the two Running Archer mascots, I had one with a large base and one with a small base and I don’t believe that either was altered.
I think that they came that way.
They were just probably different production runs from the manufacturer..
Perhaps the larger one was the later production model and had the large base to assist in the dissipation of heat from the radiator.
Who knows?
Peter
Here is another one of what it was like before I purchased it!
Mark,
I have owned my Series 80, 7-passenger DeLuxe Sedan for about 14-years, but it has been in my family since 1928.
I am the third family owner of the car.
It was originally owned by Myron Edson Forbes, then President of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company and was bought from Mr. Forbes by a Great Uncle who was the managing supervisor for the Grisholdt Rear-End Plant at PAMCC.
From there, my Uncle Joe owned it and I bought it from his estate in 2005.
I then refurbished the heck out of it.
I have not yet shown it at the Endicott Estate, but will do so this July at the Misselwood Concours.
Also, I do not recall ever knowing your friend Bill Williams, but I will think about that one.
Cheers,
Peter
Last photo with me, Chauncey, my Series 80 and the Running Archer (aka, Mercury / Hermes).
PS, posting the photos was a SNAP!
Mark,
It’s interesting to notice on my first photo, where all of the plating is GONE, its shows that the base is bronze, then there is a transition metal mid-thigh (seemed to have the consistency of LEAD) and then the top section is pot-metal.
I believe that the bronze absorbed the heat, the transition metal dissipated the heat a bit and then came the pot-metal which would probably not tolerate to the heating-cooling cycles without crumbling.
BTW, of these mascots that I know exist, one lives in Florida, one in Pennsylvania, one in Tennessee, one in Ontario and then yours.
Repeat, congratulations!
Peter
Last one.
Please excuse the glare, but it was newly plated at that time, so no patina.
Another photo
Mark,
You have THE MOST DIFFICULT TO FIND Pierce-Arrow Mascot.
That said, I had TWO of them and sold each, re-plated for $1,00.00 to $1,200.00 EACH.
The only photo of them shows it on a Series 80, even though the Williams Mascot book states that they were made for the Series 33 / 36.
That is an AMAZING mascot to have.
My Plating-Guy had his repair guy fashion a tip for one of mine, and it ws PERFECT.
I would get it plated in Nickel and then you will have an EXCEPTIONAL piece to keep for posterity.
There are not many around, but a few PAS guys have them, maybe a half-dozen at most, and you are one of the half-dozen.
I will post a number of photos of the stages of refurbishment / restoration.
Congratulations,
Peter
The Fluorescent Green K-S liquid is for sale online.
The application is for an Oil Level Sight gauge.
Tony,
Ed’s first post above.
Peter
