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I. H. Jensen Automobile Shop in Hojer

As to the discussion of the danish built body of the 1934 Pierce-Arrow I can tell you that it was founded by Mr. Jensen in 1877. The name Hojer is the name of the little town in which he was living. As many of the automobile body builder he also started up with building horse wagons. It was his son, Hans Jensen, that in 1918 (after the ww-1) begun to build bodies on automobile chassis. As the town was close to the boarder of Germany, he travelled a lot in that country and got his inspiration for the style of his cabriolets. He employed round 20 men. The capacity in the 30ties was about 20 bodies a year. 10-11 Pierce-Arrow bodies were built in Hojer. In the beginning of the fifties the company was shut down. Enclosed is a photo of an Adler automobile delivered to my country – Norway. You van see the N for Norway at the rear.

Oivind

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I do not know why oneof the photo s disappear – here is the other one.

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Here are two Pierce-Arrows with bodies made by Hojer in Denmark. The Hojer shop was not far from the boarder of Germany. It is said to be 1930-31 models. Notice the bracket type of front lamps. Also the trunks must have been made spesially for the cars.

Oivind in Norway

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Hi Robert Sands, I have seen a lot of photos of Pierce-Arrows in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. This one I have never seen. Both in Stockholm and Copenhagen there were body builders making Pierce bodies. They looked all very similar to the original once.

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Also I have bought a Phil Hill 3.54 gear and pinion some years ago for my 1930 model B. I tried to install the gear myseelf but could not get it in. I heard that I had to make a modification to get them installed (differential housing?). Could anybody please tell me what to do?

Oivind in Norway.

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Paul,

I do not know anything about languages on manuals etc. for export models of Pierce-Arrow. In fact I have seen (copies) of some norwegian and swedish advertising. The one enclosed is from a norwegian motor magazine of 1917.

Oivind

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Whilliam,

I am no expert on lamps. It was told from elderly people that the car did have CAV-lamps, they were later used on a entrance post at the farm. They could of cause have been changed from original in Europe. Enclosed is an enlarged photo of the cars front/lamps.

Oivind

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Thank you for all the responce. This was very interesting. I can add that the chassis no. was 36048 on the model 38-C-3. The car, as I have told, was brought to Norway and received norwegian plates F-1072 allready in 1919-20 (reg. unsure). The car did have CAV-lamps. In 1947 a farmer “demolished” the car and constructed a “potatos-picker”. The frame dissapeared, most likely used for somthing else. The last norwegian owner received a large batch of parts from Australia. Correctly as William is telling he also got a frame from USA. I myself picked up a front axel at Hershey. Unfortuneatly he gave up and sold the project to Denmark.

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Leo,

The car has 12 spokes both in front and rear. Does that mean it should be a 48-B?

Enclose another photo of the 1915 model.

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William,

Thank you for the information, very interesting. Yes we didd have a C-3 too. The Pierce was a stab car during WW-1 in France (I suppose for the american forces?). After the war the car was among many other cars and trucks sold by auctions. A norwegian Halstein Torstein Salebakke bought this one and drove all the way hom to Norway. He used it as a “taxi” and also as a postoffice car, bringing mails out into the countryside.

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