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Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the PAS.

Your car is a very special vehicle and Pierce owners are also a special breed.

You’d be hard pressed to find a finer bunch of folks than the members of the PAS.

Please post some more pics of your car along with some more details about the car.

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Greg, Miss Helen is simply gorgeous.

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Thanks for the contact, Peter.

There can be huge price differences between plates that are still in their original envelope and plates that have some wear on them.

Any antique car looks so much better with YOM plates.

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Good find!

The car will look great with those plates.

It adds a very nice finishing touch to the overall look of the car.

We managed to find a pristine, unused set of 1926 plates for our Rickenbacker and had them registered to the car but it was a nightmare to do so with Calif DMV.

I would like to find a set of 1929 plates for our PA and do the same but I am not looking forward to the process of having them registered to the car.

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Is the serial number of your car very early as well?

Good to see that the car appears to be a true low mileage survivor.

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Great pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

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This is the back of my North East Hot Head lighter.

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So, last night I went out to the garage and gently pulled on the heads of both lighters.

And sure enough they both popped off without any damage at all.

I’m sure if more people knew that the lighter heads came off they may have been lost over the years.

Now all I have to do is test the heads to figure out why they don’t glow when the button is pushed.

There is no end to the amount you can learn about these fine cars.

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Rick, I saw the ad when you originally posted it but I was still too afraid to pull on the lighter hard enough to separate it from its base.

I just don’t want to break something.

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^^ The lighter Arnold posted is the exact same lighter that my very original ’29 143 has on the dash and on the men’s vanity in rear.

I never knew that the head snapped onto its mount and I’m too chicken to pull that hard on ones in my car.

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All this talk of compartments under the front seats has me wondering.

Does the front seat of a late ’29 have storage under it?

The car has been in the family since the mid 60’s and I don’t think I’ve ever seen the front seat lifted in any way.

I want to go out to the garage and start trying to lift the front seat but I don’t want to yank on it and break something if the seat isn’t supposed to lift up.

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What a great picture.

I really like the cabriolet style retractable top.

Would be interesting to find out what ever happened to the car.

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I tend to like the basic black knob with the silver ring. Elegant yet understated.

Then again, most owners didn’t care too much what the driver had to use to shift with.

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What a great way to show a Pierce out stretching its legs!

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Congrats on the purchase of a gorgeous, mostly original Pierce Arrow.

If it still has the original motor that has never been out of the car, enjoy driving it but be judicial with the miles since it is only a matter of time before it will need to be rebuilt.

If pulling the motor and giving it a once over doesn’t bother you then drive it to your heart’s content.

My ’29 is original except for the driver’s seat cover and although I love driving the car I want to keep it original as long as possible so I try to keep the miles to a minimum.

Welcome to the PAS and enjoy your beautiful car.

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Thomas, good luck with your bidding on the car and welcome to the PAS.

Sounds to me like you could order one if you so desired but that most did not.

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I have seen them listed for sale by John Cislak with Pierce Parts Store but there are also 4 vendors listed in the Parts and Services section as well.

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My ’29 143 has the rectangle shaped lights.

I can take a picture of them and post it for you this evening.

But I agree if they weren’t available on the car don’t add them.

You car is one that I would restore to as close to factory as possible.

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Your archer has a bent arm.

Hopefully he can be bent back into shape without causing more damage.

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Very nice to see the progress.

Keep the pictures and updates coming.

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