1917 Pierce Arrow Runabout, click picture to enlarge.Hi people. This time the bridge behind the car may be more interesting than the old car is to many people. The sign above the bridge in the picture says, "Thompson Bridge 1832". I feel like I am as old as the Rock of Gibralta sometimes but this bridge is even older than me; how about that, all you sports fans? Besides that, this is also the only covered bridge that I know of that is still around anywhere in the country. I can vaguely or faintly remember seeing one or two old covered bridges but I don't remember where they might have been.
But now a little bit about the car.The Pierce Arrow may have been best known for its new type fender mounted headlights that were a tremendous advancement over the older oil burning lamps that were common in those days. The Pierce Arrow Motor Company rapidly gained a good reputation for building high quality, well built luxury cars that competed well in the market with cars like the Cadillac, Duesenberg, LaSalle, Lincoln, Marmon and Packard. The 3 passenger runabout shown here came with a 38 hp 6 cylinder engine with a selective sliding gear transmission. The car had both a battery and magneto electrical system, a power driven air pump to keep the pneumatic tires pumped up and it had a cone type leather faced clutch and a cast aluminum body. In 1917 the Pierce Arrow Runabout sold for $4,600.00; a fairly high price then.
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