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I attach pics of the interior driver’s door of my car, as well as detail of the handles (all seem to match) and the perforations where the latch is on most Series 80 Cars.

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Thanks Greg and Peter; when I return to Bayou Middlefork I will get some photos. I had not considered that my Car may have had wat sounds like serious surgery on the door mechanisms.

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Is the fate of the one for sure goner Silver Arrow known in detail?

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Great dinner! Merlin’s pit crew had a blast!

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Great dinner! Merlin’s pit crew had a blast!

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I want a couple at least.

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The question was raised in my mind while reading the excellent history of the Franklin Automobile Co. published by SAE.

It mentions Franklin bodies being supplied by a firm in Buffalo; the logical thought is that perhaps this local firm supplied some bodies for Pierce-Arrow as well.

I am not referring to the custom and bespoke bodies built by the famous coachbuilding firms. My interest in them goes back to the years when I looked forward to Hugo Pfau’s excellent column in Cars&Parts magazine. Brunn, LeBaron, Brewster, Derham, Weymann, not to mention British and European greats.Oh! What glorious times!!

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Are there any last year’s calendars left?

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Thanks, Greg!

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I do have the print version; not everything is there though.

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I think I am missing the pan underneath the fan. I have the large filler panels between the running boards and body, if that is the ones Jim is asking about.

Thanks, Peter!

The parts list reprint I have does not show all the splash pans clearly.

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Thanks, Peter, I will look closely this evening.

RR

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Dave, I will take any slot which you need to fill.

Randy

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I suggest that the miss was evident at “high speed” because the Car was moving faster, therefore generating more movement which would cause the bare wire to be more likely to repeatedly touch the grounding point. There are always road imperfections and maybe tire imbalance which increase with speed.

Great find.

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All right! Now we’re motorin’!

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Interesting thread. I recall visiting the local GM plant, Guide Div., back in the mid 1970s. The plant made sealed-beam headlamps before plastic took over. The automated gas flames which were used to fuse the lens to the body were interesting, and I recall the vacuum chamber in which a tiny aluminum wire was vaporized by a high current to form the reflective surface on the inside of the body of the lamp. It’s getting iffy to find sealed-beam lamps in the usual parts outlets now; I hope they don’t run out. I suppose someone will build a functional substitute with modern internals if/when necessary, though.

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Pictures! Video! Such an interesting topic.

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I know: I need to retire and become a professional “project finder””. I would not be stuck with doing anything with the projects that way.

Would my salary as such be a “”finders’ fee””?”

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Well, Kathy and I missed anything about Pierce-Arrows in this, but we enjoy A anyway.

Jello=gelatin which is derived from animal parts, + sugar and flavoring.

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Projecta abound. I need to seek professional help to avoid them!

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