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Congrats.

That was a quick sale.

Is the new owner a PAS member?

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Richard, if your car is a very late production ’29 it could very well have come with the Arrolite assembly.

Mine was produced Nov of ’29 and it has the Arrolite assembly, not the Type-A.

And no, the assembly has never been off the car, ever.

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I picked up a Blonder-Murray repop of the complete tail light assembly from Dave Murray many years ago.

No idea if he still has any.

Single tail light barrels do pop up on eBay now and then.

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You wouldn’t want to set it up for a Pontiac, you would want to get it as close as possible to the original Pierce specs since that is what you are running it in.

The ’29 Pierce is a manual advance setup so I doubt there are any weights in the distributor.

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I agree with Peter and Ed, there was a time when you could find a UU2 carb at almost any old car swap meet.

Wish I had picked up a half dozen back then since they are like hen’s teeth now.

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Good to hear.

Guess all that slop meant the points weren’t opening and closing as they should.

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We really need a picture of what your current distributor looks like.

The stock distributor was a dual point, dual coil unit with each coil feeding 4 cylinders.

Each coil had a separate lead going into the cap so the stock cap would only fire 4 cylinders at a time off each coil.

Also, the original cap is a two piece unit that has the main cap piece and a cover piece on top of that.

The top piece secures the plug and coil wires using a thumb nut in the center.

If I get the chance I will run out to the garage and snap some shots of my distributor and coil setup.

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If you have the proper distributor there would be 2 sets of points under the cap.

One set of points for each coil.

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Those are all fed by the same coil, no?

have you swapped the coils to see if the miss follows the coils?

That is provided your points swap was successful.

And the plug wires can be fussy about contact under the distributor cap cover, especially with non copper conductor wire.

Have you verified that your points are opening correctly by slowly turning the motor and watching the points open and close?

New condenser on that set of points that isn’t firing?

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Thanks for the article.

Good to see that the building’s origins are still appreciated.

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Any pictures of the building as it was or as it stands today?

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I have never had a FB account.

My only reason for me to get one would be to participate in the PAS FB page.

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Congrats on your new purchase.

One of the first things you should do is drop the oil pan and make sure there isn’t a sludge monster lurking in there.

As you sort out your car there are many, many helpful members in the PAS that will enthusiastically assist you in your new journey.

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That SABA sounds like a beast.

And with motorized tuning by wired remote?

Does it get any better than that in vintage consoles?

I bet it sounds very warm.

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Thanks Bob.

Once I get the chance to dig into it I will know what I need.

I know first thing I need to do is replace all the caps.

I don’t dare try to turn it on with all those old, original caps in there.

The only tube that should be hard to find is the tuning eye tube.

Hopefully it is still in good working order.

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Ken, the crowds have been a nightmare.

The population here in Elsinore is around 60,000 and we have had around 50,000 people show up in one day to see the poppies.

Elsinore has been featured in stories all across the US and even in countries like India and the UK.

The whole thing caught the city off guard since this isn’t the first time a super bloom has happened and they have been scrambling to come up with a plan that works for all involved.

You can’t please everyone and I know they are doing their best.

But since I live on the north end of town a little east of all the madness it has been tough at times just trying to get anywhere around town and away from town.

I’ll be sure to send everyone your way when your bloom starts to happen.

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Bob, I have an old Grundig console radio that I am going to freshen up, I may have to hit you up for some tubes.

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If you have these made I’m sure there are a few people that would pick them up from you.

It’s not doubt that pretty much all of the same vintage cars are suffering the same fate as yours.

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That’s great news David!

Even if you never install the engine your car can always be sold as a true numbers matching set.

Is the engine serviceable or was there some really bad damage to the block that made the service dept swap the block?

Or did they do the swap to speed up the turn around process?

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Tsk, tsk Ed.

Showing more love for your non-PA cars.

But when you do source some 6v bulbs for one of your Pierces please let us know the details.

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