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I have the Mitchell in my Series 80 thanks to Greg and it runs fine.

I have yet to use it on any PAS tours, but Jak, if you come up to Rhode Island this year for the 2014 Annual Meet, there will be at least one Series 80 with the Mitchell overdrive installed that you can test drive.

Cheers to those in OZ!

Peter

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Excellent presentation!

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Jim,

Why not send copies, electronic (on disk) or otherwise to Arnold Romberg and he might publish them in the PAS Service Bulletin.

Peter

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It is not a Series 80 because the headlights are too large.

It is likely a teens Pierce-Arrow. It is a right hand drive and the Policeman looks like a New York City boy.

The hood also looks quite long. No cowl lights and it has a glass eyebrow.

It also appears to have “Barn Doors”” on the back of the car. Maybe they are the divider amidships on a limousine.”

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Here are some bracket headlights for you boys!

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Hello Alan,

The 1929, Model 133 or 143, Convertible Coupe belongs to Robert & Betty Reenders of Michigan, or at least did at the time of the Lexington Meet.

Find them in the Roster and asks them about the details.

Good hunting.

Peter

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Here is another.

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Let’s see if these pics load.

Don’t tell anyone, but I swiped them from the PAS website pics of the Lexington Meet.

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I understand that the New York DMV “outlawed” outboard lights alone somewhere in the later 1920s, as they were perceived as a nighttime traffic hazard (looked like two motorcycles coming at you).

I think that it was a Packard plot.

After that time, cowl lights and supplemental bracket lights became mandatory on Pierce-Arrow cars registered in New York State.

It is all truly amazing, considering that Pierce-Arrow was manufactured in the Great State of New York.

In any case, one did not NEED to have bracket headlights, just cowl or bracket auxiliary lights that were lit when the headlights were lit.

I have cowl lights on my 1925 Series 80 (a family car since 1928 and a NY State resident for 80-years) and the lights are on a separate switch. I do not know if the later cars have the headlights and auxiliary lights on the same switch, as are my “city” lights and “country” lights.

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Hello Gents,

The emails are out to Coker Tire and to Universal Tire.

We will see what they do with my request for a Pierce-Arrow Society deal.

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John,

I am coming to Rochester this Summer to see that Trike!

You can always bring it to the Buffalo Meet in 2015.

Then you can race the Motorette.

Peter

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You need to take the Tony Zappone approach to K-S gas gauges.

Take one of those red straws that you put in your WD40 to focus the spray, measure off the correct length, cut it and then put it in the K-S head unit on the dash.

Then your gas gauge will always read the same, empty or full.

You just have to fill up the tank before each outing.

BTW, Chis Diekman seems to have his K-S working, so perhaps, you need to ask him how he did it. I think that he used silicone sealant on each of the joints.

I have a K-S on my Series 80 and it has always been a bother.

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Jak,

I wonder what the shipping is to OZ?

Peter

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Could the mystery guy be Charles Lindbergh?

That would be late May 1927, just after he crossed the Atlantic.

He has a striking resemblance to the Prince of Wales.

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I guess then it ain’t the bloody Prince.

The first pic showed plates that are clearly 24, 25, or 27, just by the configuration of the lettering above the registration number 102.

All I know is that it was not Zachary Taylor!

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It is not a 1914 DC plate.

See pic.

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My experience with sailing vessels and the stainless on them taught me that with stainless, the faster you tried to drill (work) it, the more difficult it was to drill.

Drill fast (work harden) and one burns up bits. If you slow down on the drilling, it cuts easily.

I have a number of burnt titanium drill bits that show the effect of over eager drilling, as they are now JUNK.

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I think it is the Prince of Wales, the one who abdicated for the woman from Chicago, what was her name?

The divorcee, Wallace Simpson?

it is a very nice landaulet.

I would love to have a Pierce-Arrow like that one.

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I will chime in on this discussion and again thank David and Linda Baird for their huge effort in making a memorable Winter Meeting.

Peter

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Thanks for the endorsement Tony!

My next campaign slogan will be: A chicken in every pot!

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