Author Topic: Monty203 - Solved: 1930 Pierce-Arrow chassis bodied by students of McPherson College, Kansas (Read 586 times)

el_monty · « **on:** August 11, 2017, 05:21:03 AM »

Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please identify this vehicle.

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el_monty · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2017, 04:46:24 AM »

Up to the Experts

Allan L · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2017, 08:00:23 AM »

The wheels are too small and the Goodyear All-Weather ~~tyres~~ tires must be out of date by now!

el_monty · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2017, 08:06:25 AM »

The wheels are indeed too small! The builders of the car had limited time and resources and that is probably all they could get their hands on.

Allan L · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2017, 10:42:27 AM »

Packard chassis of about 1926 perhaps?

el_monty · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2017, 10:50:59 AM »

The chassis is not Packard and is later than 1926

D-type · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2017, 12:01:51 PM »

"The builders of the car had limited time and resources . . ." Was it built in a former Warsaw Pact country?

el_monty · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2017, 05:31:41 PM »

Hehe, no, nothing to do with the Warsaw pact countries.

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2017, 10:44:34 PM »

Does this vehicle use a chassis from Europe?

el_monty · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2017, 03:28:43 AM »

The chassis is not European.

FrontMan · « **Reply #10 on:** September 01, 2017, 05:40:58 PM »

Pierce-Arrow!

D-type · « **Reply #11 on:** September 01, 2017, 05:53:40 PM »

Chassis from the USA?

el_monty · « **Reply #12 on:** September 01, 2017, 08:17:43 PM »

Locked for FrontMan!
It is a Pierce-Arrow chassis. Tell me who built this unfinished body to win the point.

FrontMan · « **Reply #13 on:** September 02, 2017, 04:38:26 PM »

This must be the special built by students at McPherson College, Kansas, USA.

el_monty · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2017, 04:06:14 AM »

Point for Frontman!
This body was built by the students of McPherson college in three months, using a 1930 Pierce-Arrow chassis as a base. The design was inspired by the 1929 Packard Thompson-Glasscock Special (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2011-39/solved-neh-1225-thompson-special-glasscock-speedster-based-on-1929-packard/). The story appeared in The Old Motor website in May 2016.

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