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Hi Jim,

Please submit this to Arnold for the P-A-S Service Bulletin.

Thanks,

Peter

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Good Job!

The best thing to do for P-A posterity is to write this up with the pics and send it off to Arnold Romberg for the Pierce-Arrow Service Bulletin.

It is certainly worthy of publication and then it will always be available for review.

BTW, the Supervising Foreman of the rear-end assembly factory at the PAMCC was a guy named Joseph Waldorf, my Uncle’s Uncle, and the first family owner of my 1925 Series 80.

They did an outstanding job of creating Pierce-Arrow cars.

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I am quite sure that the folks down in OZ get the meaning eh Jak?

The term fits quite nicely considering Jak’s prior hilarious postings and antics.

Best regards,

Peter

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Jak,

You are a HOOT!

That is one heck of an Aussie contraption.

Peter

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You are talking about the +/- 3-inch disks with four holes in them, yes?

I think that John Cislak (PAS Member) has them for sale.

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Karl Crouch’s & Rick Horne’s

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Greg Long’s, formerly (two weeks ago) Rick Morrison’s Coach

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Where is the shop?

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The radiator may be correct for a Pierce-Arrow truck, but not for the Pierce-Arrow car to which it is attached!

It seems a tad tall, eh?

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it is missing it rear door wing handles and It is listed as a SIX cylinder car and not an EIGHT.

I already sent him a message on the SIX vs. EIGHT matter.

Other than the woman acting as a distraction, did I miss something else?

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I am referred to by some P-A Series 80 guys as “the Bling King” for the amount of brightwork on the exterior of my Series 80, but yeah, yeah, yeah! That is how I got it.

Depending on the amount of exterior brightwork, you should up your estimate by 50% to 100%.

If you do it piece by piece and the hit seems smaller, but it seems that you wish to eat the whole elephant at once.

There is a lot of prep work on each of the pieces, acid stripping, polishing, plating with copper, polishing, plating with nickel, polishing, plating with chrome, polishing.

Your guy may be good, but he still has a lot of detail work to do.

The advantage of having a nickel car is that polished stainless steel has the same patina. Not so for chrome.

The best tack is to walk in to your plating guy with the pieces, give them to him, walk out, come back when he tells you that they are done (at least 3-months) and with a BIG smile on your face, pay the BIG bill.

Just appreciate that you are not paying for a middle man.

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That is one fancy runabout!

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Yes, a mini Pierce-Arrow to start your wee-tyke into the collector car hobby, and a value at between $3,000 and $10,000 in the current market.

Top speed, 3.5 mph. Fred Flintstone two-foot brakes, no 5-mph bumpers, however the engine can still overheat in hot weather.

I would buy one at up to $2,000, if anyone has a good project quality car for sale.

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Hi Chris,

Nice job.

For those interested, a good read is: The Unreasonable American: Francis W. Davis, Inventor of Power Steering.

Best,

Peter

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Skinned Knuckles did an article on masking your own wiring harness in the August 2013 issue.

It is worthy of review.

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Chris,

Thanks for the work you do for The Society; oh, and for the AACA!

We all look forward to meeting you at the Meet in Warwick.

I trust that you are also bringing your Pierce, that is, your Son Pierce.

Peter

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Ken,

I believe that i have a spare generator, but it is a DeJon.

It will fit and work with your Series 80, even if it is not a Delco.

It was rebuilt a few years ago but never installed because I have a rebuilt Delco generator.

DeJon made high end electrical equipment for our cars in the 1920s anyway.

I will check tomorrow and you can determine if you have interest and I will think about selling it.

Send me an email at [email protected]

Peter

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Yo Jak,

Bill has the correct idea, but his price is out of sight!

I wired a 6v to 12v INVERTER into my Series 80 under the dash and out of sight for running small electronics.

I believe that the price was $99.95 USD and I got it from The Classic Car Radio Doctor.

http://www.classiccarradiodoctor.com/inverter.htm

HOWEVER, the DRAW (amps-wise) on an air pump may be serious and could blow fuses and smoke OLD wires.

The website above has both inverters and boosters, but you should call them with your application.

Personally, I also have a 12V jumper pack (Wagan Power Dome EX Compact Generator) that has a built in air pump. They have a short air hose, but it is good enough. The Wagen Power Dome coasts about $125.00 USD.

However, you should look on Amazon.com, as I just did. They have a bunch of cordless / rechargeable air compressors (Black & Decker ASI500 12-Volt Cordless Air Station Inflator / Goodyear i5000 Cordless Tire Inflator and 12-Volt Power Pack / Campbell Hausfeld CC 2300 Portable Inflator) for not much money.

Otherwise, you can keep looking for 6V tires.

Cheers to the Oz-man.

Peter

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Thanks, Karl.

It is a nice video.

You can meet Chris Ritter this Summer at the Rhode Island Meet where he will give a presentation on the Pierce-Arrow collection at the AACA Library.

Or, I guess that you could go out Karl’s way and meet Chris at the AACA Library.

BTW, Chris named his son, Pierce!

An excellent name selection.

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Ed,

Quite Excellent!

It is nice being an Uncle, eh?

Peter

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