Jack, your rear bumper shape is different from the ’29 bumpers I remember.
It is different than mine and the roadster for sale at RM Auctions.
After following the auction link, this one really caught my eye.
What a beautiful car, offered at no reserve.
Thanks for keeping the PAS up to date on this car.
Thanks, Greg.
Good or bad, my ’29 has the super rare headlight lenses and water pump.
Lucky me.
I’m sure Pierce Arrow used whatever parts they had left over from the previous year during the Depression.
If it is a ’29 then it would be a 133 given the louvered hood and shorter rear door?
No lenses to look at to match up with a year.
Jack, our ’29 has the double bar bumpers much like your Series 81 does.
It is a very late production ’29.
Isn’t that the ’29 and earlier mascot?
Didn’t 30’s have the more upright, sitting archer?
Not sure which version of that archer it should have, foot on or off the base.
I just need to retire already so I can attend all these great events on the other side of the country.
Congrats on another great event.
Our Pierce has been in the family around 55 years.
Not long after my grandfather acquired the Pierce, my grandfather and my father attended a few CCCA events.
Let’s just say the members were less than welcoming.
Unfortunately, that first experience set the tone for all car clubs in my grandfather’s mind and he never pursued participation or membership in any car clubs or organizations after that.
My father and uncles were active with the Roaring 20’s Car Club in the 60’s and 70’s driving their Chrysler, Franklins and Rickenbacker on many, many tours.
It wasn’t until the 90’s that I looked into the PAS and visited with Jack Combs that I joined the PAS for a short time.
I rejoined in 2006 and have been a member of the finest, most welcoming and most helpful car organization ever since.
I guess the moral of the story is that one negative experience with a single organization can color someone’s views of all similar organizations.
That is why it is so important the PAS is such a great example of an auto enthusiast’s organization.
Greg and Ken, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your beloved companion, Loki.
It is never easy saying goodbye to a member of the family, even the four legged ones.
Loki was as much a fixture at Pierce events as your ’25 Touring.
He will be greatly missed by the Pierce family.
I know my car is not an open car, but my interior lights and running board lights only come on when a door is opened if the parking lights or headlights are on.
My car has door jam switches on both rear doors.
Congrats on the awards from the show.
I am very glad you were able to work out keeping the car and that you are showing and enjoying that fine automobile.
My very original ’29 ED Limo has the original rubber mat up front.
It has gotten very brittle and fragile with age.
Will the new mat have the little bit of padding that is on the underside of the original mats?
Add me to the list of persons wanting a mat.
That is a very beautiful body style.
It should fetch a pretty penny.
Congrats on the successful maiden voyage.
Pierces do love to run.
All great points, Paul.
With the changes you mention, the car would have been wonderful.
Great news, Rick.
I know your restoration has been a long, labor of love.
Interesting, I’m sure a Pierce version, built to Pierce standards would have sold well.
That is a very handsome row of vehicles.
I just mine in the mail.
Great pictures and presentation as always.
But I did notice a few glaring typos.
July – there is an extra 0 in the year of the car, it reads 19029 Pierce Arrow 5-Passenger Sedan
October – the car is listed as a 1929 Pierce-Arrow Series 81 Sedan
Unless, of course, cars built for export were given different year designations and they labeled left over ’28s as ’29s?
Hopefully corrections can be made before future runs are ordered.
Great job on the calendar.
Too bad I have to wait a whole 6 months to display it.