1930 PIERCE-ARROW MODEL B CONVERTIBLE COUPE



Chassis No.

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Engine No.

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Light green with dark green fenders and beige soft top



Engine: L-head, straight eight, pressure fed engine lubrication, 385ci., 125bhp at 3,200rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual; Suspension: semi-elliptic leaf springs front and rear; Brakes: four wheel mechanical drums.

Left hand drive.



Before entering the automaking business in 1901, the George N.

Pierce Company of Buffalo, New York had been engaged in making such diverse products as birdcages and bicycles.

Pierce's first cars were called Motorettes and were powered by DeDion-Bouton engines.

By 1903 Pierce was building two cylinder cars and in 1904 their Pierce Great Arrow four cylinder cars arrived.

Great Arrow's line of models expanded to include six cylinder cars in 1907 and two years later both the corporate and cars' names were changed to Pierce-Arrow.

Only the finest materials were used in these motor cars including complex but immensely...