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Good morning Gents,

I agree with the matter about criticizing P-A cars, etc. on the Message Board.

I also feel that if there is such a transgression in the future, one of our thoughtful PAS members might approach the “offending” individual with a personal email rather than doing to them on the Message Board what they were accused of having done to others.

Personal, 1:1 communication to correct an error or faux pas works better than public condemnation.

I look forward to your comments on my comment.

Cheers,

Peter

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A few year back I was threatened with “death by a thousand cuts” if I ever considered putting step plates on my Series 80, 7-Passenger, DeLuxe Sedan.

The Gentleman who made the threat was George Teebay! HA!

I believe that George felt that the cut-off was for teens cars.

But, what do I know!

Just passing on an open threat.

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Jim,

Also regarding the sill plates ask Wayne because I believe that he had some produced.

Peter

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Jim,

Apropos of the fuel gauge, I believe that Wayne Hancock is in the process of getting those babies produced, but you may need to be patient.

I would give him a telephone call and tell him of your interest because I believe the he never looks at the Message Board.

Good hunting and my best to you and to Ernie!

Peter

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Craig & Jim,

Unless Resto has changed what they sell, the “script” that they have for a Pierce-Arrow is a tiny little piece that has the per-1920s Pierce logo.

The tiny little thing fits on the face of a moto-meter universal and is less than impressive.

I do not believe that it is what Jim wants, which I think is what is pictured here.

However, I reserve the right to be wrong on this matter.

Someone, perhaps me, needs to run a project that reproduces these.

Peter

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Randy,

Welcome to the Society.

Peter

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The photographed was photographing!

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The Buffalo Meet was GREAT with weather that was near perfect.

Many thanks to the Buffalo Meet Committee.

There is never enough time to see and chat with everyone (John!), but we had one heck of a good time with very special friends.

Everything was perfect EXCEPT for those HILLS on the Thursday tour, PHEW!!!!

They were STEEP AND LONG 1ST GEAR PULLS!

The Buffalo Transportation Museum is awesome and gets better every year.

Thanks again, Kevin & Julie Curtin & Bob Sands & Paul Jacobs & Jim & Mary Ann Sandoro and the rest of the Committee who made it all possible.

Peter

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Hey Mike and Pat,

Did you get the S/N?

Peter

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Jennifer,

Ed is a whiz, so send him the pics and he will likely produce magic for you.

That stated, the PAMCC would do for you whatever you wished in making a car, so taking a 7-passenger sedan and turning it into a EDL would not have been a problem.

In those days, if the car was already made, they might have just shipped it back to Buffalo for the work, which is not really that far from Philadelphia.

I trust that we will all have the pleasure of meeting you in Buffalo in two weeks.

Keep up the investigation, because owning a “Family Car” is a charm.

Ask the man who owns one (HA on you Packard!).

I do, as do a few other PAS Gents and Ladies.

Peter

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Here is the listing from the RROC for leather gaiters.

Gaiters, Leather Boots:

Rudy Rosles

800-248-RUDY

Custom Made Gaiters, Leather Boots, Fabric couplings

Cleveland, OH

Also sells Prewar R-R parts

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WHAT A SHOP!

WOWIE ZOWIE!

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BTW, you can acquire all of this stuff at Resto-Supply.

http://www.RestorationStuff.com

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Here is the Series 80 Lubrication info from George Teebay.

George, I trust that you do not mind my passing it along.

Transmission & Rear End Oil: P-A [the company] only provided owners with the push-type heavy-liquid-dispensing grease gun, called, ‘compressor, grease’ in the owner’s manual. Because of the frequency of required lube, they assumed that much of the routine lubrication would be done by owners. That heavy liquid was ‘Special Compound,’ which was their proprietary name for 600W. Texaco Thuban – SAE 250

I use 600W ONLY for the transmission and the steering box. (You should also use 600W for the Bowen auto-lube system.) I do NOT use the push-type gun for any of them–especially not for the steering box because you can still blow out seals with that. Heat a bottle in a pan of near-boiling water then pour using a small-aperture funnel. I’d prefer to use the 600W from a Model A Ford supplier for all 600W applications other than the transmission–but make sure you’re getting the dark, smelly, viscous 600W and not the clearer, thinner stuff some sell as 600W but which I think is just repackaged SAE 140.

Differential: They did not have hypoid-style gear oils in 1928 (but they were close to it at that time), which is STRONGLY PREFERRED these days for the differential. As far as I know, SAE 140 hypoid-style gear oil is about as heavy as hypoid oil as we can find nowadays–but be sure to USE ONLY GL-4 rated, not synthetic (GL-6) or the now-common GL-5 which is for limited-slip diffs.

BOTH GL-5 AND GL-6 CAN AND WILL ATTACK YOUR BRONZE BUSHINGS!

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The Pierce-Arrow Legacy book is a good effort for someone outside of the Society!

It is an effort of love.

We Pierce-Arrow snobs thank you.

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Richard,

Post the video on YouTube and put the link on this website.

Cheers,

Peter

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Tim,

Check out this website for Ethanol free gas sellers in Maryland.

For others, the site is just: PURE-GAS.ORG

Peter

http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MD

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Comfortable looking seat!

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Here is the click on link

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/pierce-arrow/1603/1749314.html

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Resto-Supply also sells the cork floats in various sizes and shapes.

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