1935 Pierce Arrow 845 - On Barn Finds - Iowa - $21K

[72caddy]

https://barnfinds.com/1-of-875-1935-pierce-arrow-845/

 

 

[Grimy]

It's a 1934, not 1935.

[58L-Y8]

For the record:

[George Smolinski]

Kinda wallowed in the dirt.

[63RedBrier]

The underside could be nightmare scary!

[alsancle]

Countdown to Ed chiming in with how he passed on the car…

 

There has only been a couple of PA’s in the last 10 years but he hasn’t seen in person.

[edinmass]

Only four of that model were known to survive........I owned two of them over the years. This one makes it a total of five. Another parts car.......

[edinmass]

One of my two.......bought new by Vanderbilt in Newport RI. Neat car.....all leather interior, radio, ect..........sold it twenty years ago to build my house.

Edited April 2, 2022 by edinmass (see edit history)

[JamesR]

WOW! Fantastic, Ed!

[BobinVirginia]

49 minutes ago, edinmass said:

One of my two.......bought new by Vanderbilt in Newport RI. Neat car.....all leather interior, radio, ect..........sold it twenty years ago to build my house.

Pretty sure I’ve driven cars worse than what you consider parts! 🤣🤣😂

[BobinVirginia]

@edinmass

That's a beautiful Pierce you had without a doubt! 

[Grimy]

3 hours ago, edinmass said:

One of my two.......bought new by Vanderbilt in Newport RI. Neat car.....all leather interior, radio, ect..........sold it twenty years ago to build my house.

THAT one is a 1935--note difference in hood side panels (1934 has 2 rows of 2 each, 1935 has 3 in a single row), fenders (full skirted on 1935), different headlight lenses (1935 are more convex), runningboard trim (1935 extends onto front fender).

[BobinVirginia]

1 minute ago, Grimy said:

THAT one is a 1935--note difference in hood side panels (1934 has 2 rows of 2 each, 1935 has 3 in a single row), fenders (full skirted on 1935), different headlight lenses (1935 are more convex), runningboard trim (1935 extends onto front fender).

Yeah, knew that. Just waiting for someone to notice. 
 

🤣😂👍🏻

[edinmass]

George is correct.........on my phone I didn’t look close enough. Not sure on the number of 34 survivors.......identical car except the trim. A few dash difference as well.

[Grimy]

The ad is right about Pierce production for 1935 as 875 units (8-cyl or 12-cyl, 3 wheelbases--139, 144, 147).  That was about half of the 1934 production total of 1,740.  It got worse:  1936 production was about 843 (plus any passenger car-based park buses) and 1937 was about 193.  These numbers are from the now-deceased Bernie Weis, Esteemed Keeper of Numbers for PAS.