Saturday, January 05, 2008

1919 Presidential Sedan, made for Woodrow Wilson
Presidential seal from the above car
1937 Town Brougham Sedan

1934 twelve-cylinder convertible coupe
1929 Rumble seat roadster. I have one kind of like this one sitting on my night stand.
1933 "Silver Arrow," one of Pierce-Arrows show cars for the 1933 New York Auto Show. It was also exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It sported a 12-cylinder engine, and a $10,000 price tag. It seems almost shocking that 10 were produced.

The rear view of the 1933 "Silver Arrow," with its nod to aerodynamics.
1931 Model 41, body by LeBaron
1936 Town Car prototype
1933 Model 836, built for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
The Pierce-Arrow mascot



Mind you, it has never been my habit to judge any person, man or woman, by their automotive proclivities or distastes, (well, not much, any way,) but imagine, especially, a woman with a professed fondness for Pierce-Arrows. As you can tell by the above photographs, Pierce-Arrow was a luxury manufacturer in the 1920s and 30s, every inch the equal of the Packards, Rolls-Royces and Cadillacs of the period. The most distinctive thing about them was the way that, as you'll notice on the cars above, the headlamp housings are actually part of the fenders, and flow cleanly into the body. So yes, this post is for my lovely wife, and all that her proclivity for Pierce-Arrows says about her. Which, of course, I think is wonderful.

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