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1934 Pierce Arrow 840A 7 Passenger Sedan

http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/lot-item/212t/

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Forgive the repeated posts but our site limitations dictate separate posts for each link

1936 Pierce Arrow V12 Series 1602 5 Passenger Sedan

http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/lot-item/211t/

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Here is the link.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Pierce-Arrow-Twelve-55-Limousine/223496792030?hash=item34097267de:g:SwsAAOSwN3lcxRid

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If it is one vote per IP address that is easy for me.

Fire up the VPN and choose one of almost 60 different locations worldwide to pop onto the internet through.

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I tried to vote by clicking the link but I can’t seem to find where to vote.

Or does simply clicking the link mean you vote for the Pierce Arrow Museum?

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Luke, that is a great car.

Congrats on the new purchase!

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Congrats on the new purchase.

Post some pictures.

We love pictures.

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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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