- Home
- About Us
- Join/Renew
- Member Benefits
- Member Pages
- Log In
- Help
- Museum Store
You found a great car to get back on the road.
They are great performers on the road and they are beautiful.
I had trouble keeping up with Ralph M’s when we toured in Oregon.
Good luck with the project and please post lots of pictures of your progress.
I am anxiously looking forward to a picture of that end.
Thanks Karl!
Looks like a great project.
Not many Pierce trucks out there so it is nice to see one on its way back to being on the road.
That is when cars were made with full body on frame construction so they could handle almost anything that was thrown at them.
The carb in your picture does not look like an OX-2.
And no, your petcock should not be that hard to turn.
There should be some lettering on the side of the carb or someone else here can identify exactly what you have.
Classic Carb did the Stromberg OX-2 on my Rickenbacker and they did a fantastic job.
The car runs great and the carb looks like new.
I would have never guessed that Pierce would have just repaired the frame like that.
I guess it held up fine all these years.
Keep the pictures and updates coming.
John, I have to agree with you about Greg.
His knowledge and skill with the Series 80/81 cars is second to none.
And he’s a great guy, too! 
Hope this can help you.
The Series 80 that is being sold on eBay has a picture of the rather tired interior that shows the wood mounting area and the base hanging from a wire below the wooden mounting area.
When you zoom in you can see the base and the wood mount area fairly clear.
Sorry to hear about the issues you are facing with your new purchase.
The members of this board will not hesitate to assist you with knowledge, advice, parts or leads on parts and any other stuff Pierce related.
Good luck getting your car straightened out so you can enjoy your Pierce as they were meant to be – out on the road.
Although the purchase process was far less than ideal you’ll find that Pierce ownership along with being a member of the PAS family is quite rewarding.
You’re right Jak, it is tough to resist the restoration urge at times.
There were many times my father hinted at having our original Pierce painted but I talked him out of it every time.
We also had some help talking him out of it when we were in Oregon in 2006.
A car can be restored a thousand times but it is only original once.
Great news.
As Bob mentioned, make sure to take lots of video and post it so we can all share in your start up experience.
Thanks for the pictures.
That rear end assembly and spring packs are massive.
Good luck dealing with the valve seat cracks.
Enjoy your tour.
We had a great time driving through the Cascades during the 2006 PAS meet in Redmond OR.
Some beautiful scenery matched only by the beauty of the cars.
I’d love to see more pictures.
Post pictures as you go through the restoration process so we can all enjoy watching your project come together.
It’s not too often we get to see details about a Pierce truck.
Wow.
It would have been great to see a Duesenberg out in the wild and not in a museum or car collection.
Hopefully you took plenty of pictures of all the cars.
I believe Tim Schilde is Milton Schilde’s son.
Milton’s info is in the roster.
I know.
Over the years I have picked up many spare carb bodies or complete OX-2 carbs for my Rickenbacker as cheaply as $20.
I was just lamenting the pricing disparity.
Crying in my beer so to speak.
That said, anyone that has a vehicle that uses a brass bodied carb should pick up spares while they can. With the rising cost of scrap brass I’m afraid some will be scrapped rather than hauled around to swap meets and sold.
That is a beautiful car.
I hope to get the chance to see it in person one day.
Such a same that an earlier carb for $66 is a shelf item while you’d have to get into the 4 digit range for the same thing for a ’29 on up.
