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I actually prefer that if the original colors are known then I would restore the car using the factory color scheme.
I know changing the colors can make the car more appealing but I always rather liked the factory color combinations.
Coming along nicely.
Were the ends of the air cleaner chrome or were some painted?
I think all the ones I’ve seen were always chrome.
I know our resident experts here will know. 
I agree about keeping a Pierce as original as possible since the cars are pieces of history that should be preserved.
For more modern cars like my ’64 doing some mods are fine with me as long as everything can be returned to stock with minimal effort.
I plan on keeping my Pierce as original as possible for as long as possible since it is a true survivor with original paint, drive train and interior (except for the driver’s seat). We had distributor problems during the Temecula meet which prevented us from completing any of the tours so we missed out on the judging.
The car ran fabulous in Oregon at the 2006 meet and around town so maybe we had a false sense of security and didn’t have spare points and condensers on hand. We thought it was a bad rotor but one picked up during the swap meet didn’t completely fix our issues.
That said, personally, I will not be modifying my Pierce at all.
I plan to pass it down to the next generation as I am our family’s 3rd generation owner.
I’ve had a Pertronix setup in my ’64 Chevelle for at least 24 years and it has run great with the under-cap system.
The system has never had a single issue and back when it was installed the car was my daily driver so it has at least 100K miles on it now. I carry a set of points and a condenser in the trunk but I’ve never needed them.
I guess it all comes down to preference.
I would have never thought of going that way in the Pierce but at least it’s an option for those that want to go in that direction.
Sounds like a great way to reward the hard work that has been done and a good way to motivate further work on the car.
A vid posted to youtube would be great.
Merry Christmas to my extended PAS family.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Be safe during all of your travels.
Rick, the chassis looks great!
Your progress is coming along nicely.
Merry Christmas.
As long as you’re confident he is up to the job then let him take the time he needs to get it done right.
Your car is moving at a breakneck pace so maybe this little delay will give you some more time to mull over cosmetic decisions.
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.
Greg, Miss Helen is simply gorgeous.
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.
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.
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.
Great pictures.
Thanks for sharing.
This is the back of my North East Hot Head lighter.
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.
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.
^^ 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.
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.
