wayne sheldon Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I would look forward to a thread of updates on any Pierce Arrow being put back onto regular touring! Beautiful car! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 34 minutes ago, wayne sheldon said: I would look forward to a thread of updates on any Pierce Arrow being put back onto regular touring! Beautiful car! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Great car that looks ready for great times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, Larry Schramm said: Great car that looks ready for great times. I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericmac Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 There has been a pretty common theme of late; early cars are no longer of interest to anyone. I'm glad you are proving them wrong. Great car you have there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 3 hours ago, ericmac said: There has been a pretty common theme of late; early cars are no longer of interest to anyone. I'm glad you are proving them wrong. Great car you have there. Thanks for the comment on the car. It's funny you should say that about earlier cars. I think that as we older guys/gals go off to the "great car show in the sky" the younger generation will not have much of an interest in the very early cars. So that theme does tend to hold some truth. But I am always amazed when I see a car that is almost 100 years old or older and think that not many, if any, of the new cars will be around anywhere near that. We live in a "disposable" world where the newest thing or fad is what everyone is looking for. On a different note: I went to a cruise-in Sat night and I met a friend that only buys Ford/Mercury cars. He despises Chevies. I allow people to have their loyalties with no judgement on my part. The reason I say that is because we got into a discussion about the Pierce and I told him I have never owned a car as old as a 1930. Not that I don't like them. Just never owned one. I also told him that if I like a car, and I can afford it, I will buy it no matter what year/make/model it is. So I bought the Pierce Arrow because I could afford it AND it is such a cool car - at least to me. Maybe in 10-30 years the Pierce will be worthless or just too old as a collector car to demand any $$$ because most of us "old" guys/gals will be gone. It will be up to the next generation of car collectors to carry the torch. I am sure there will always be a few younger collectors that will like the 100+ year old cars but the numbers will be dwindling. I intend to enjoy owning the car for as long as I can. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Sweet car! Just terrific. Enjoy, and thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 hours ago, 1935Packard said: Sweet car! Just terrific. Enjoy, and thanks for posting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 Well, if all goes according to plan I will be bringing the Pierce Arrow home tomorrow morning. (That's why I haven't given any updates) Had to wait to get it because I needed to make room for it. NOW THE "FUN" BEGINS"............. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 O-boy-o-boy-o-boy-o-boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Skelly Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Unfortunately, most pre-war cars will eventually end up in museums. It has become impractical in most areas to drive a car with manual steering, brakes and transmission and having to share the road with selfish drivers who are in a big hurry everywhere they go and are paying more attention to their dumb phones than their driving. I hope you enjoy your beautiful Pierce, Joe, and have some safe areas to drive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I would say 95% of the US has places you can safely drive 40mph or less. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Congrats on picking up your first Pierce. And you really jumped in with both feet picking up such a desirable body style. Once properly sorted, your Pierce should do just fine in today's traffic. Would I want to commute into Los Angeles with it? Nope. But I wouldn't want to do a So Cal commute in any car with a manual trans and no AC, I don't care how new the car is. And it's good to see you joined the PAS, you won't find a more generous and helpful bunch of car enthusiasts anywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I’m driving our 1933 Pierce from Boston to LA next June. Don’t see any issue with it. Then again, haven’t had any real problems with them in the last 50k. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, edinmass said: m Boston to LA next June. I can't wait for your nightly posts. Should be fun for all of us!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Pics of the Pierce coming home today 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Seeing the photos of your PA reminded me of a 1960's "Juniper Junction" cartoon that I saved when I was a kid. Lot of truth in it. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Spent only an hour on it - too hot !!!!! Some before and after pics 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 You got a lot done in an hour- keep it up when it gets cooler and you will have it looking better than it does right now. That is an accomplishment that didn't look that necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 This car is a great start but it's pretty rewarding to wake up a carcthat has been sitting and clean it up as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Great progress in just an hour! Looking better already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) Elbow grease is a cars best friend. Joe......don’t try and start it. We have a few things you need to do first. Let’s start by posting four photos of each side of the engine. While every system needs to be sorted......first things first. Small steps before you run. Edited August 13, 2021 by edinmass (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 hour ago, edinmass said: Elbow grease is a cars best friend. Joe......don’t try and start it. We have a few things you need to do first. Let’s start by posting four photos of each side of the engine. While every system needs to be sorted......first things first. Small steps before you run. Okay Ed I will take a few pictures of the engine tomorrow I am relegated to "light duty" due to surgery so that's why I started cleaning and polishing. At least it's something, right? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 BTW Ed, While I have been cleaning the car it has been a great opportunity for me to assess it. What I have observed so far is that when the car was restored many years ago it appears that it retained all of its original parts - which is good. Also, I thought that the car had steel wheels. It turns out they are painted wood wheels which is what came up in the vehicles history. I was glad to see that as I was under the impression that somewhere along the line the wood wheels got changed over to steel wheels. And, is there anywhere that I could get the canvas sidemount covers for the 18" tires? The ones on there are very old and dry and probably will get destroyed if I try to remove them 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I may be in the minority here? But I like the wood wheels on these cars! Notice my first post on August 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 3 hours ago, wayne sheldon said: I may be in the minority here? But I like the wood wheels on these cars! Notice my first post on August 5. You nailed it on the wood wheels. For some reason I thought they were steel???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 20 hours ago, edinmass said: Elbow grease is a cars best friend. Joe......don’t try and start it. We have a few things you need to do first. Let’s start by posting four photos of each side of the engine. While every system needs to be sorted......first things first. Small steps before you run. Did not get a chance to take the engine pictures as Ed requested. As soon as I can I will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) Joe.....no need for canvas covers.........I don’t like them, and thus, I will talk you out of them. 🥸 Remember.....one step at a time. Until you figure out wheel treatment, don’t worry about covers. Also, you will never get anything to match the top......so almost any cover made of fabric won’t look right. Start searching photos of 1929 & 1930 Pierce cars and look at tires, colors, wheels, and wet some screen time under your belt. Probably taking a photo and using photoshop to show tire choices would be a good start. Cleaning and detailing the car will give you familiarity with it......an important first step. Edited August 14, 2021 by edinmass (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 2 hours ago, edinmass said: Joe.....no need for canvas covers.........I don’t like them, and thus, I will talk you out of them. 🥸 Remember.....one step at a time. Until you figure out wheel treatment, don’t worry about covers. Also, you will never get anything to match the top......so almost any cover made of fabric won’t look right. Start searching photos of 1929 & 1930 Pierce cars and look at tires, colors, wheels, and wet some screen time under your belt. Probably taking a photo and using photoshop to show tire choices would be a good start. Cleaning and detailing the car will give you familiarity with it......an important first step. Thanks again Ed. Could you tell me, because I don't want to force anything, how do you access the storage area behind the rear seat? I know you loosen the 3 knobs, which I have done, but then what's the next step? Also, what is the BEST leather cleaner/rejuvenator to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 4 hours ago, edinmass said: Joe.....no need for canvas covers.........I don’t like them, and thus, I will talk you out of them. 🥸 Remember.....one step at a time. Until you figure out wheel treatment, don’t worry about covers. Also, you will never get anything to match the top......so almost any cover made of fabric won’t look right. Start searching photos of 1929 & 1930 Pierce cars and look at tires, colors, wheels, and wet some screen time under your belt. Probably taking a photo and using photoshop to show tire choices would be a good start. Cleaning and detailing the car will give you familiarity with it......an important first step. Hi Ed, While detailing the car I found one thing missing so far. I am in need of the rear seat grab bar or a robe rail. I am not sure what it is supposed to be. You know, it mounts to the back of the front seat. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Joe……….time to learn a new word. The missing parts are made of unobtainum. You can find it at Walmart next to the unicorn horns. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 But only the Walmart that Ed is the greeter at! 😳 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 Update: I was grossly mistaken about the wheels on the Pierce. They are, in fact, steel wheels - not wood. I thought they were wood because when I tapped on them they sounded like wood. However, today, when I removed the rear (flat) tires I tapped them again and they "rang" a little. Speaking of the rear tires - I removed both flat rear tires and installed the 2 spares. They hold air okay. It's a good thing I did this because someone had put the rim hold downs (clamps), on the drivers side, on backwards. Also, been cleaning the chrome up and it is really looking good. More to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 8/14/2021 at 3:33 AM, Joe Cocuzza said: Thanks again Ed. Could you tell me, because I don't want to force anything, how do you access the storage area behind the rear seat? I know you loosen the 3 knobs, which I have done, but then what's the next step? Also, what is the BEST leather cleaner/rejuvenator to use? Once the three knobs are thoroughly unscrewed, just pull forward on top of backrest. Easier with seat cushion removed. That’s the compartment wherein to store the side curtains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Joe Cocuzza said: I was grossly mistaken about the wheels on the Pierce. They are, in fact, steel wheels - not wood. Really! I am disappointed. But it is still a beautiful automobile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 New updated pictures of the Pierce. I haven't gotten to the paint yet. Just the chrome so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Barnes Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 If Ed and a few others begin giving step-by-step instructions on reawakening this slumbering beauty, maybe the post should be moved to a more general title. Maybe the steps have already been outlined in other posts. It would be great if it took the form of general instructions for restarting cars of this era after long disuse. Like others, enjoying this post, and admiring the car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Michael J. Barnes said: If Ed and a few others begin giving step-by-step instructions on reawakening this slumbering beauty, maybe the post should be moved to a more general title. Maybe the steps have already been outlined in other posts. It would be great if it took the form of general instructions for restarting cars of this era after long disuse. Like others, enjoying this post, and admiring the car. I will start a new thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Those wheels are the best metal version of wood spokes I've ever seen! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 hour ago, TexRiv_63 said: Those wheels are the best metal version of wood spokes I've ever seen! I don't know if you are ribbing me or not BUT that's why I thought they were wood wheels. They sure look like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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