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Ben, that is a great way to use an Optima battery but still maintain the period correct look should your battery be visible.

Here is the battery charger that I have had great luck with.

http://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-SC-1200A-CA-SpeedCharge-Automatic-Battery/dp/B000BQSIWK

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That is great to hear of another Pasadena car.

I wonder how many cars overall came out of the Pasadena area?

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My ’29 is basically a two owner car.

Originally purchased by a doctor in Pasadena, CA it was owned by him until his death in the mid 60’s.

Someone bought it cheap at an estate sale, cleaned it up a little and just wanted to flip it.

My grandfather bought the car from him and it has been babied and just preserved over the years, first by my grandfather then by my father and now by me. I have very fond memories of helping my grandfather wash it, tinker with it and take it for the occasional ride.

It is very original with the history known in detail for sure for the last 55 or so years.

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Taking a closer look at Richard’s trunk rack, his assembly looks to be slightly different than mine.

The large, main brackets are the same but the other arms and brackets are not.

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Mine does not extend past the rear bumper.

It is about a couple inches or so short of the bumper.

It is closer to the bumper than yours is but it doesn’t cover the bumper.

My trunk brackets look more like Richard’s.

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Hope that helps.

If you need any others let me know.

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Let’s see if these will upload.

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Another thing I noticed about the AGM type batteries is that a standard, old style battery charger will not effectively charge them.

My old style charger could not accurately read an AGM battery (both 6v and 12v) and charge it properly so I purchased a full electronically controlled charger and have not had any issues charging them.

My old charger still works great for lead acid batteries but I only use the newer one for my AGM batteries.

Some modern cars come from the factory with AGM batteries so a new electronically controlled charger is a worthwhile purchase.

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I would say $39,500 is great for that Pierce.

It is very nice looking.

The early Pierce experts would have to chime in on whether or not everything is correct on the car.

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If you count 60’s collector cars, then put me in the 12% category.

If you’re talking only pre-war, then I only have 2 of those.

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Optima batteries are of the AGM type.

Nothing kills them faster than letting them go flat dead.

If you keep them charged and cycle them on occasion they are fantastic batteries.

No leaking acid, no terminal corrosion and they’re half the size of a standard lead acid battery.

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That was a great process of elimination and self made solution.

Do you think you could reproduce more very easily or would it be better to have someone measure and scan the plunger to create a CNC routine for reproducing them?

I only ask because if you were having the leakdown issue I’m sure others have, or will have, the same issue and reproducing them may be beneficial to others in the PAS.

Great job and thanks for sharing.

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Bob, that is a laundry list of issues that only the properly trained eye would catch.

Let’s hope an uneducated buyer doesn’t buy this car, join the PAS, find out all the things that are not correct on the car and feel slighted or cheated thus causing the marque to leave a bad taste in their mouth.

As you said, it is priced very high for what it is, and I would hate to see someone purchase the car, lose a lot of money and be soured on Pierces in general.

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Two Optima batteries fit side by side in the battery box of my ’29.

I only have one in there now so I added a piece of 4×4 wood to help take up the extra space.

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The ad says the starting price is for all 5 of the cars listed.

1932 pierce arrow

1925 mcfarlan limo

1927 packard limo

1965 caddy fleetwood

1956 caddy limo

So I guess it’s not that out of line for a starting price provided they all run.

If they are all project cars then he’s a little too high on his starting price.

The Packard looks like a very big car.

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Listed at 69,000 Pounds.

Did a quick conversion to get around $96,000.

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This is a spectacular deal and when properly maintained, these batteries last for years.

I pulled a 10 year old battery out of my Pierce only because of its age, not because it had failed.

It still cranked the motor just fine.

I replaced it with a battery from one of these first Optima deals.

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It was changed prior to Nov of ’29 because my car has the ’30 manifold.

My car was manufactured in late Nov. of ’29.

Does anyone know when the change occurred?

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