Guest stude8 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 We spent a sunny afternoon today pulling the crankcase and driveline out of a 1934 Pierce Arrow V12 convertible coupe. Lucky guy in the middle is 3rd owner Bill Morris of this super original car. After 50 years of storage the engine is being rebuilt for its next 50 years of touring. See attached image. Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbartlett Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Just curious -- who will do the engine rebuild? How about a picture of the car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 The engine shop of choice here is Auto Machine in St Charles, IL. They have considerable experience with prewar engines, inline 8's with Babbit bearings and as a rule don't allow Chevy engines in the door.I'll attach a before picture of car but a good overall shot is not available, this all started in a Chicago Winter season so it has never been outside the garage at a suitable time to photograph. Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbartlett Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 A word to the wise. Use modern inserts in the rod bearings if at all possible, if you plan on much freeway driving. Babbit worked well enough in the old days (we used to drive the wheels off a '29 Packard Super 8 with babbit bearings), but sustained freeway speeds will pound it out of the rod bearings (which we've also done a few times). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 It's Back! The V12 is back from machine shop and is going together, see attached photo. We are looking for a source of new connecting rod cap bolts, 3/8-24 X 2-19/32" (Studebaker # 192163). Several of the old ones are not useable after close inspection, threads distorted and such. If you have a proven source for these type of parts please reply. Thanks, Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Here are latest photos of the 1934 Pierce V12 now assembled and first running this week!Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 OOPS, sorry I didn't check image size I received, it's too big for here, I'll have to edit it down. Tune in later. Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 OK, here is the 95K picture "It's Alive002Q" Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyDale Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Dear John,Text and pics are way too cool to be hiding in this part of the forum.Get em up front where we all can see and read about this project.diz <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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