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  • in reply to: generator #397382

    Ken,

    I believe that i have a spare generator, but it is a DeJon.

    It will fit and work with your Series 80, even if it is not a Delco.

    It was rebuilt a few years ago but never installed because I have a rebuilt Delco generator.

    DeJon made high end electrical equipment for our cars in the 1920s anyway.

    I will check tomorrow and you can determine if you have interest and I will think about selling it.

    Send me an email at [email protected]

    Peter

    in reply to: 6 volt tire inflators. #397354

    Yo Jak,

    Bill has the correct idea, but his price is out of sight!

    I wired a 6v to 12v INVERTER into my Series 80 under the dash and out of sight for running small electronics.

    I believe that the price was $99.95 USD and I got it from The Classic Car Radio Doctor.

    http://www.classiccarradiodoctor.com/inverter.htm

    HOWEVER, the DRAW (amps-wise) on an air pump may be serious and could blow fuses and smoke OLD wires.

    The website above has both inverters and boosters, but you should call them with your application.

    Personally, I also have a 12V jumper pack (Wagan Power Dome EX Compact Generator) that has a built in air pump. They have a short air hose, but it is good enough. The Wagen Power Dome coasts about $125.00 USD.

    However, you should look on Amazon.com, as I just did. They have a bunch of cordless / rechargeable air compressors (Black & Decker ASI500 12-Volt Cordless Air Station Inflator / Goodyear i5000 Cordless Tire Inflator and 12-Volt Power Pack / Campbell Hausfeld CC 2300 Portable Inflator) for not much money.

    Otherwise, you can keep looking for 6V tires.

    Cheers to the Oz-man.

    Peter

    in reply to: Chris Ritter video #397331

    Thanks, Karl.

    It is a nice video.

    You can meet Chris Ritter this Summer at the Rhode Island Meet where he will give a presentation on the Pierce-Arrow collection at the AACA Library.

    Or, I guess that you could go out Karl’s way and meet Chris at the AACA Library.

    BTW, Chris named his son, Pierce!

    An excellent name selection.

    in reply to: First day out this year- Prom Night #397298

    Ed,

    Quite Excellent!

    It is nice being an Uncle, eh?

    Peter

    in reply to: High Speed Gears or Overdrive #397246

    I have the Mitchell in my Series 80 thanks to Greg and it runs fine.

    I have yet to use it on any PAS tours, but Jak, if you come up to Rhode Island this year for the 2014 Annual Meet, there will be at least one Series 80 with the Mitchell overdrive installed that you can test drive.

    Cheers to those in OZ!

    Peter

    in reply to: Shock oil #397165

    Excellent presentation!

    in reply to: Shock oil #397149

    Jim,

    Why not send copies, electronic (on disk) or otherwise to Arnold Romberg and he might publish them in the PAS Service Bulletin.

    Peter

    in reply to: Weird vintage photographs #397136

    It is not a Series 80 because the headlights are too large.

    It is likely a teens Pierce-Arrow. It is a right hand drive and the Policeman looks like a New York City boy.

    The hood also looks quite long. No cowl lights and it has a glass eyebrow.

    It also appears to have “Barn Doors”” on the back of the car. Maybe they are the divider amidships on a limousine.”

    Here are some bracket headlights for you boys!

    Hello Alan,

    The 1929, Model 133 or 143, Convertible Coupe belongs to Robert & Betty Reenders of Michigan, or at least did at the time of the Lexington Meet.

    Find them in the Roster and asks them about the details.

    Good hunting.

    Peter

    Here is another.

    Let’s see if these pics load.

    Don’t tell anyone, but I swiped them from the PAS website pics of the Lexington Meet.

    I understand that the New York DMV “outlawed” outboard lights alone somewhere in the later 1920s, as they were perceived as a nighttime traffic hazard (looked like two motorcycles coming at you).

    I think that it was a Packard plot.

    After that time, cowl lights and supplemental bracket lights became mandatory on Pierce-Arrow cars registered in New York State.

    It is all truly amazing, considering that Pierce-Arrow was manufactured in the Great State of New York.

    In any case, one did not NEED to have bracket headlights, just cowl or bracket auxiliary lights that were lit when the headlights were lit.

    I have cowl lights on my 1925 Series 80 (a family car since 1928 and a NY State resident for 80-years) and the lights are on a separate switch. I do not know if the later cars have the headlights and auxiliary lights on the same switch, as are my “city” lights and “country” lights.

    in reply to: Optima Red Top 6V Battery Deal!! #397076

    Hello Gents,

    The emails are out to Coker Tire and to Universal Tire.

    We will see what they do with my request for a Pierce-Arrow Society deal.

    in reply to: When they were new photo. #397013

    John,

    I am coming to Rochester this Summer to see that Trike!

    You can always bring it to the Buffalo Meet in 2015.

    Then you can race the Motorette.

    Peter

    in reply to: stuff in gas tanks #396981

    You need to take the Tony Zappone approach to K-S gas gauges.

    Take one of those red straws that you put in your WD40 to focus the spray, measure off the correct length, cut it and then put it in the K-S head unit on the dash.

    Then your gas gauge will always read the same, empty or full.

    You just have to fill up the tank before each outing.

    BTW, Chis Diekman seems to have his K-S working, so perhaps, you need to ask him how he did it. I think that he used silicone sealant on each of the joints.

    I have a K-S on my Series 80 and it has always been a bother.

    in reply to: Optima Red Top 6V Battery Deal!! #396969

    Jak,

    I wonder what the shipping is to OZ?

    Peter

    in reply to: SECOND FLORIDA REGION MYSTERY PHOTOGRAPH #396958

    Could the mystery guy be Charles Lindbergh?

    That would be late May 1927, just after he crossed the Atlantic.

    He has a striking resemblance to the Prince of Wales.

    in reply to: SECOND FLORIDA REGION MYSTERY PHOTOGRAPH #396955

    I guess then it ain’t the bloody Prince.

    The first pic showed plates that are clearly 24, 25, or 27, just by the configuration of the lettering above the registration number 102.

    All I know is that it was not Zachary Taylor! ;-)

    in reply to: SECOND FLORIDA REGION MYSTERY PHOTOGRAPH #396952

    It is not a 1914 DC plate.

    See pic.

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