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Simple formula for buying pre war cars............if it’s a Pebble Beach first in class winner last year, it will need 50k to make it go down the road correctly. Any pre war car is a roll of the dice. Expect to spend twice what you paid before you enjoy it. And two years time. How do you beat the system? Easy, buy a car that just did 1000 miles the week before on tour. It’s NOT about the purchase price......it’s about the number to make it 100 percent reliable turn key car. The most expensive car you will ever own is the one you bought that was a good deal. I recently sold a 40k car for 65........because it was perfect, needed nothing, and the new owner drove it 300 miles over three days before he pulled the trigger......he was smart...........he bought a finished tour ready car........and at 72 years old, he understood the value of a great car...........you can make more money, you can’t buy time..........I sold my 1932 Pierce coupe a few years ago, and the current owner has 6k plus miles on it. He still thanks me for selling it. Buy a good car.......not a good deal.

I resent that.......he was an attourny if I am not mistaken............ how many insults to I have to take here? 😏 Sorry Orin!

Any leads appreciated, another easy request........please help if possible. Thanks, Ed.

I'm the brains of the outfit.............😉

This car was a "bonus car", we went to buy a particularly nice and increadibly rare Pierce and we found this in a shed out back on the property. It was a daily driver for the owner for 15 years in the 50's and 60's. He then used it as a tour car in the 70's. It broke a piston so he parked it from 1975 till we grabbed it in 2015. It's the most original and unmolested 29 sedan I have ever seen. We fixed the engine and drove it as our shop pick up truck running errands and took it to no less than four Pierce national meets all over the US. It saw about 6k miles while were were enjoying it...........and now lives in a collection of cars and planes in upstate New York where it is driven weekly. Simply a fantastic car.........

Roger......they all end up in Indian Orchard.......your close enough to walk over to buy one...........just bring cash!

Here is another barn find........I saw this car back in 1978 at a Pierce meet as a kid. It was parked in a pole barn from 1980 to 2018 when I caught a glimpse of it in a photo of another car for sale I remembered it instantly and made a quick phone call......it was quickly picked up. We tossed a set of good used tires on it, did a quick go over, and put about 500 miles on it all in less than two weeks. It had a factory radio as well as wire wheels and covers. It changed hands to a new caretaker at Hershey and is now in almost everyday use............. this was the third 1935 Pierce eight club sedan I have owned.........of the five known survivors. Over the years we have owned almost every single series and model of Pierce cars from 1929 to 1938 including all the Travelodges.

Here are a few more........some day I will wright a book. The adventures of the hunt, recovery, and moving them on down the road..........It's been over 40 years of fun and adventures...........unfortunately a few can't be disclosed till some people pass on........and the holy grail of car collecting coming out of a real barn will be told in public some day, as we took video as well as photos........... This is a 29 Pierce coupe barn find. We saved it and found all the missing pieces. We drove it a few weeks as an every day car, and took it to Hershey where it sold as we were pulling it out of the trailer on the Red field. I actually purchased this car while flying on JetBlue to a show. The modern convience of in flight emails. It's now in a museum in Nashville.

Just start sending checks........we can fix anything with time and money............

Here is another. One of three we pulled out of a barn in Pennsylvania. At one time a car that was in the restoration process......then improperly stored for forty years. Wood was all bad, this one too was cut up. A V-12. Motor was done well and we now have it for sale in running condition. I will post more photos as I come across them...........often times the stories are as interesting as the cars. The three cars were discovered by me at a Ferrari car show at Mar-A-Lago when the owner saw my Pierce Arrow hat. He had 60 cars he inherited and didn't want the early stuff. It took three years to finally get to see the cars...........and hours to pull them out of the barn as they were in the back row and 25 cars needed to be moved to get them out........we are getting too old for this now.......and slowing down on what we buy...........

In the last several months, we purchased five Pierce Arrow cars..........here is a particularly tired and weathered one meeting it's end. Over the years we have cut up about 25 of them. We also saved every one possible. We probably have had 50-60 pass through our hands in the last 35 years. It never gets old......and the cars that are now gone keep others on the road.......thats a 1933 Pierce Club Brougham in the background. It's a retirement project. Solid and rust free owned new by the Mayor of Berkley California who drove it every day into the late 50's.

Carbking-aka Jon..........your comments are Marvelous! 😏 Using the voice of Billy Crystal.

My lawn mower cost almost 30k.........John Deere 33hp. Makes a nice little Caddy look cheap.

The heads and blocks should be pressure tested to 40 psi. They should not leak. Welding on heads usually causes additional cracking........never weld, stitch. Freeze plug landings can rot and erode, so when you try and set new ones in place you can suffer block cracking and failure. Use care when setting in new core plugs. Probably should do the water pump also. They tend to suck air on 32’s.........so modern seals are a better option than the packing of days gone by.

Nice car, thanks for posting.

I tried to trade the White for the Green Packard parked next to me..........for some reason that isn’t clear, the gentleman wasn’t interested.

Walt......occasionally AJ comes up with a good idea. Don’t tell him I said that. Unfortunately I recently told him to buy a big brass car.........he hesitated, and it was gone. Next time.........😏

Yes! It’s now owned by a friend. We were driving it a few years ago. It’s now reasonably sorted and drivable. Since he has over 100 cars, it’s not critical that it can drive cross country. The car is a monster. I was lucky enough to get to play with the Chadwick...........interesting car, fantastic engineering, and one hell of a dump truck!

I like it....good thing I have a 1937 camper already.

I'm trying to remember.......didn't Richard Paine have a pre WWI car with a blower on it? For some reason I thought it was a FN. Maybe it was sold off after his death? I remember looking at it as a kid, but at the time I was much more interested in the DV-32 next to it.

Terry, I would think besides the manifolds, ignition, cam shafts, and other alterations were done........... By 1910 using a power plant that wasn't exclusive for automotive use was shall we say....behind the times? Obviously we are now getting into the area of very limited production.........just a handful of marques and production of say 50 or less cars per year. For decades I wanted a McFarlin. When I finally drove one........I never wanted to experience it again.

Most likely a WWI truck engine. Lots of obscure manufacturers participating in the war effort. Also, many civilian vehicles were donated or confiscated for war use. I would post photos on the UK military web site......they can probably figure it out.

Most early boat engines make better anchors than car power plants. Looking at the carburetor on the car in Maine, I expect the numbers on that unit are also over inflated. Considering the last 90 HP Simplex project that sold was almost seven figures.....and it was only about 60 percent complete..........any intact 140 plus horsepower platform would be well known with lots of scholarship. Not trying to rain on any car........but numbers that big would have created an urban legend........and not be forgotten.

George......you have a bunch of years on me...........for some reason, I thought you were my age.

If a Porter is a big POS like a Tucker.........I would have never participated in the post. Buy a Tucker, your a sucker. The worst POS ever attempted to make it to market.