A Far Too Brief History of Pierce Arrow

This is a Far Too Brief History of Pierce-Arrow.
From humble beginning making bird cages to the most expensive cars for the rich and powerful, Pierce-Arrow set engineering standards for the industry.
But with the Great Depression, they stubbornly refused to offer a less expensive lineup and by 1938 with sales tanking faded away... after introducing one of the most influential cars in decades.

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[wsbill]

The Pierce Arrow factory in Buffalo still stands and it's just as beautiful now as it was then. Imagine that, a beautiful factory!

[keepyourbilsteins]

Terrific thumbnail of one of the most influential and under rated automobile manufacturers of the first half of the 20th century. While they were long gone by the 50s, their style continued to influence that era of cars.

[garneauweld]

Stopped by the museum in Buffalo. Very interesting simply because it was different. Plenty of the early Pierce bicycles as well. An excellent museum by any standard.

[billolsen]

Thanks! Didn't know all this history of Pierce Arrow. Appreciate the photo of the Galloping Goose at the Colorado Railroad Museum in my old hometown of Golden.

[adriaanboogaard]

Excellent program. You did a great job of fitting a lot into a little space. 😁

[giuliopedrali]

Pierce Arrow was maybe the most luxurious marque in the Brass era of cars (1900 - 1915) in the USA, also amid the 3 Ps (Packard, Peerless and Pierce Arrow) Pierce makes the greatest and luxurious cars of the times

[chrisherman]

John. Very excellent video. Just wanted you to know, my grandfather was the Pierce Arrow plant maintenance mechanic. He took care of the mechanicals and machinery for the plant. My father used to have a Pierce Arrow hood ornament that disappeared when he passed.

[mrgurulittle]

Pierce Arrow was unfortunate. Sadly, Packard was even more unfortunate buying that damned Studebaker. Great video!👍 I enjoyed it.

[tonyadams]

Thank you for your videos. They are always informative and entertaining.

[mattomon]

I have worked on R G S goose 7 and it still runs today at the Colorado Railroad Museum !

[ghw]

My father as given a Pierce Arrow in 1940 in exchange for work done. Then WWII came along and he enlisted in the army. When he came home four years later, the car was gone, probably stolen for the aluminum body.

[markchandler]

Hi Jon
Very good video. My understanding is the the Pierce straight 8 was a Pierce design… although it was manufactured at the Studebaker foundry.

[kooldoozer]

The video mentioned it only quickly, but said Pierce Arrows had cast aluminum body panels. Just let that sink in. Cast aluminum. The cast aluminum doors were hollow cast with an inner and outer wall. And very thin castings. To see one in person is truly amazing. They feel so light but so sturdy. Such casting technology at such an early date. If you ever see a Pierce in person, check out the cast body panels. I was blown away. You will never see this again in the history of the world.

[mikmik]

When I started working for a GM Dealer Parts Department (c. 1978), I could not find any Spare Tyre listings. Then it hit me, in the Original days the Spare tyre was in the Front, So I looked up Front End Sheet metal and found the Spare Tyre.

[darylkik]

Thank you Jon for another informative video. I too wondered if they had held on until WW2 would the contracts from the government have saved them or just prolonged their demise a few years later. Hope its going as well as can be expected with family. Take care of them and take all the time you need. Your friends on YouTube will still be here when you return.

[TheJagjr]

My father in law owned a 1911 Pierce Race about, which allegedly raced at Indianapolis.

[joryadamson]

You can find a working Galloping Goose at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park California

[depotstorage]

We found what we believe to be a 1928 Pierce Arrow Sedan basket case at our storage yard that will be headed to our auction. Can you advise where to find the engine number/VIN ?

[woodsmn]

My uncle had an open touring car a 1918 Pierce arrow with red leather seats he used to drive it on nice days and I as a youngster was allowed to ride in it on occasion

[galaxieman]

7000.00 in 1910 for a car. That's roughly a quarter million dollars in todays money. Wow.