70 bhp, 288 cu.

in.

inline L-head six-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, solid front axle and live rear axle with semi-elliptical leaf springs, and four-wheel mechanical drum brakes.

Wheelbase: 130 in.

By the mid-1920s, American automakers were broadening their product lines, both in size and price.

In many cases, these new models were smaller and less expensive than their “parents,” and some created new “companion” nameplates in order to maintain the distinction.

Paige’s Jewett and Hudson’s Essex were early examples.

Others merely created a new model name or number and sold the cars by the parent name.

Locomobile’s Junior 8 was an example of the latter, as is the car being sold here, the Pierce-Arrow Model 80.

The George N.

Pierce Company, of Buffalo, New York, had firmly entrenched itself in the “Three-Ps” of luxury cars: Packard, Peerless, and Pierce-Arrow.

The Pierce-Arrow Model 33, which sold for $5,250 to $8,000 in 1924, was out of reach of all but the m...