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Here’s an “Independence”” day photo of sorts to join today’s parade. This photo was taken in 2010 by PAS member Bill Price in Oregon the day he purchased the late Frank Merrell’s 1601 and the old girl came down off wooden blocks and she saw the light of day for the first time since Harry Truman was president.

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Hi Bill,

I’ll contact the Ault Park Concours office tomorrow, they were supposed to have had photos posted on their web-site already. Should have something to you by the end of week if that’s o-k.

Enjoyed the YouTube “Rides With Chuck interview” of you discussing your ’34, the link is attached below for those who haven’t yet seen it.

Stu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8FTLVLDF8k

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The July, 2013 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, which arrived in today’s mail, has an interesting article on page 54 about the Travelodge trailers and the scarcity today of the sales literature for these trailers.

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The above mentioned “Classical Cars Museum of Iran” YouTube video link is attached below, look for the Shah’s Pierce, now painted black, beginning at 2:06 in the video.

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0kDBQAfshU

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Here’s one more photo of the frame rail, it’s green underneath the dust, you can also see the tan bottom side of the running board.

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Ed, It was north of 100 degrees that day, and the Corona’s in the antique Coke machine at the Off Bros. car collection were ice cold. And at $0.25 each, well that’s just going to promote excessive consumption! To answer your question, yes, the entire frame is painted dark green, you can see where the dust has been wiped off the frame over the axle in this photo after the car was delivered to Cincinnati in October, 2011.

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$0.02 More, a different year / model, but here’s a photo of the frame of our original 1601 taken in 2010 shortly after it was removed from Frank Merrell’s garage in Oregon after 58 years of hibernation. You’ll see the frame is painted the same dark green color as the body. Interestingly, the bottom of the running boards and battery box are painted tan, maybe they were trying to use-up left over paint in 1936.

Regards,

Stu Blair

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Tom, You may also want to look into the “Classic Car 15W40 Oil” sold by the Indiana Region CCCA and made by the D-A Lubricants Co. of Indianapolis, link attached below. D-A is a manufacturer of diesel truck engine oil and this “Classic Car” oil is rated at 1,600 PPM of ZDDP (zinc and phosphorus).

We’ve used this oil in our high-compression 1956 Packard V-8 beginning about 6 years ago when the ZDDP in modern motor oil started to be reduced (by government regulation), first with SAE/API service code SM and now with even further reduced ZDDP in SAE/API SN oil.

Right now in our 1601, we’ve changed the non-detergent NAPA/Valvoline 30W, SAE/API SB, 5 times in the 1,500 miles that have been put on it since 2010 when it came out of 58 years of storage. Before the car was first started in 2010, the pan was dropped and about 1/4″ of sludge was cleaned-out, the engine had just 31,000 miles at that time. After 5 changes, the oil is now running clean and we will eventually “wean” (as George has described above) this engine over to detergent, high ZDDP “Classic Car” oil, maybe after another 5 or 6 non-detergent oil changes.

Hope this helps, Stu Blair, Cincinnati, Ohio

http://www.classiccarmotoroil.com/index.html

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We’ve used Horseless Carriage twice, once to bring our ’36 1601 from Oregon and second to ship an Olds convertible from Kansas. Both times we shopped around and Horseless Carriage was the least expensive, plus we were given the driver’s cell number, the cars were covered with plastic, the truck arrived on schedule and there were zero negative issues (no damage). We would use Horseless Carriage again and would recommend them highly. Hope this helps.

Stu Blair

Cincinnati, Ohio

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Call or e-mail John Cislak, 413-543-9017 or [email protected]

If he doesn’t have one, he may know where one can be found.

Hope this helps, Stu Blair

http://stores.ebay.com/Pierce-Parts-Store/FUEL-FUEL-PUMP-PIERCE-/_i.html?_fsub=1614147011&_sid=748463221&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

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The Amerex Fire Extinguisher Co. sells new Halon 1211 extinguishers made from reclaimed Halon. A 5 lb. extinguisher runs $230 including shipping, other sizes are available.

See the below link for more information.

Regards,

Stu Blair

Cincinnati, OH

http://www.amerexfireextinguishers.com/html/halon_fire_extinguishers.html

http://www.amerexfireextinguishers.com/html/halon_fire_extinguishers.html

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Ed, you’d better get started on it now if you’re going to have it finished in time to drive to Kalamazoo. And remember, “Earl Scheib will paint any car any color for $99, no ups, no extras.” Leave the windows down, he’ll paint the interior, too!

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An enthusiastic thank you to Dave & Diana. As Greg has said above, everyone had a wonderful time at this year’s ‘Gathering’ and all of this was a result of the huge amount of work by the Stevens’ to put together such a successful meet.

We had a great time and are looking forward to 2012!

Stu & Clara Blair

Cincinnati, Ohio

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And finally, here’s the front of the building facing Carnegie Ave. The service garage area, not seen in these photos, is behind this building along E. 46th St.

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And here’s another photo, a closeup of a medallion with “Pierce-Arrow Motor Cars”” on the facade between each of the half-circle windows over the top of the bricked-in windows.”

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Hi Chris,

Here’s a photo of the Fred Brand dealership building at Carnegie Ave. and E 46th St. on the east side of Cleveland.

Regards,

Stu Blair

Cincinnati, OH

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“The Sting,” 1973, Paul Newman & Robert Redford con mob-boss Robert Shaw, here’s a photo of his car…

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Here’s another from 1984, the movie was “City Heat,” a cops & mobsters flick starring Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds. At the end of the movie, the car is blown-up, HOWEVER, there was a write-up in the PAS newsletter just after the movie was released to the effect that the car destroyed was actually a stripped parts car that the movie studio cobbled together for that purpose AND NOT the pristine, restored car shown used for the mobster’s livery.

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Here’s a 1936 1603 Town Car in “My Man Godfrey”” a 1936 Universal Studios screwball comedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. A 1936 Packard Twelve 1407 convertible coupe is also seen in the movie.”

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