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Since you do drive your cars a lot and you say you are rather spirited while doing so, I would use the drop center wheel for safety sake.

Sure, you may get points taken off at a show but that’s better than having a wheel come apart at speed.

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Wow. Very sorry to hear about your break in.

I sincerely hope you recover your stuff and the thieves are put away for a long time.

Hopefully your parts are recovered and your dream of seeing your car all back in one piece come to fruition.

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Too bad there wasn’t more information given about where the Pierce was found.

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As you said, it is rough but what a great piece to start a restoration with.

Finding another one will be like looking for hen’s teeth.

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Everything looks nice and solid with no evidence of prior body work being done.

Thanks for the updates.

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Thank you putting this deal together again.

I took advantage of this deal last year and the entire purchase experience was great.

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The wood looks to be in great shape, especially for an open car.

Thanks for sharing your progress.

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Thanks for the follow up, Jak.

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William R., my car only has the outside Klaxon horn, there has never been one under the hood as long as it’s been in the family some 50 years.

I’d like to get under and take some pictures of the junction blocks just to have them on file thanks for the tip on their location.

Jim, good to hear that you found some reflectors that will work and I’m happy to have helped. If you need anything else just let me know, I still have the headlamp apart.

William S., thanks for the run down on the bulbs. I have a couple of spares but they don’t match so your post will help me get what I need.

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My car has the special horn bracket mounted on the driver’s side of the radiator.

Do you know where the added wiring block is mounted?

I can take photos of any of these items if anyone needs them.

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Ed, thanks for the picture, the car is stunning.

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I’m still wondering why we haven’t seen pictures of the Packard?

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An ambulance service and a mortuary, two services that will always be in demand no matter what the economy looks like.

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Thank you for posting this information and thank both of you for trying out the service.

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Looking closely at the pictures from the site, the Pierce 4 sure looks like a shaft drive to me.

It has pedals and a chain like most motorcycle of that era did to help with starting and to get it moving without the motor running on one side and a shaft drive setup on the other.

I could be wrong, but that is what it looks like to me.

If the shaft coming out of the rear of the motor drives the pedals then that is one really lightweight chain to move the bike at speed and that would also mean that the pedals would be moving the entire time the bike was in motion.

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The 4 cylinder Pierce is gorgeous.

I love the clean look of the rear with the shaft drive.

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Jim, I’m glad the pictures and descriptions helped.

I should also note that the other side of the bulb socket has a tang that sticks out to help create a snug fit into the reflector.

I’ll snap a picture of that side as well and post that so you can find the exact socket you need. Everything is still apart so it’s no problem at all.

Dave, dropping a headlamp lens is always in the back of my mind, too, when I take one off.

I put a moving blanket down that I fold over a few times in hopes that if I dropped the lens assembly it would miraculously land on the moving blanket and not shatter.

The other thing that worries me is cracking one of the pot metal retaining rings but at least those can be recreated without too much trouble.

That is also why I figured it would be a good time to leave them apart so I could figure out a ground wire for the assembly.

Who knows, I may even take the reflectors completely apart and have them re-silvered.

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I hope this helps you to find reflectors, sockets and lenses that will fit your car.

I have not put everything back together as I am hoping to figure out a way to add a ground wire that will be completely hidden from view, so if you need any other pictures or measurements please don’t hesitate to ask.

By the way, both the reflectors on my car have jam nuts behind each screw that secures the reflector to the pot metal retainer ring.

Some are spun down the shaft of the screws just a hair and appear to me to be the actual adjusters for aiming the reflectors.

The car is so unmolested that I believe these to be factory.

Note the head of the adjustment rod at the top of the picture.

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Bulb assembly is 5.0″ deep and has three square holes that mate with the teeth on the focusing assembly.

The socket is a two wire assembly with set screws to retain the wires.

Mine are a little chewed up but they’re original and operate well.

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Focusing assembly taken apart to show teeth that move the socket assembly in and out.

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