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FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF JAMES MELTON
1904 PIERCE-ARROW STANHOPE MODEL 8M TRANSFORMABLE MOTORETTE
Engine No. 187
Quaker green with black running gear and oilcloth upholstery.
Engine: one cylinder, 8hp; Gearbox: two speed planetary; Suspension: full-elliptic leaf springs front and rear. Right hand drive.
Pierce-Arrow has long been regarded as one of the finest American automobile manufacturers of the Pre-war era. Pierce-Arrow quality and build precsion was second to none.
George Norman Pierce, a manufacturer of housewares including birdcages, ice chests, bathtubs, and eventually bicycles, built his first gasolene powered car in 1901. It was a simple chassis powered by a DeDion engine. Production of an improved version using a Pierce powerplant followed by 1903. It was in this year that the four passenger Stanhope model was introduced. The Stanhope was very much like its predessors, but had two occasional seats when the front portion of the dash board is lifted forward.
In October of 1903, a Pierce Stanhope in the New York to Pittsburgh competition, and achieved a second overall and a first in class. The 1904 models are distinguished by the addtition of a steering wheel in place of the more primitive tiller.
This Pierce was donated to the Pennsylvania State Museum by the Atwater Kent Foundation. Atwater Kent Jr. purchased the Pierce in 1952 from at the auction of famous opera singer and collector James Melton. At some point in the car's life it has been repainted and it appears that the original interior is still intact.
This car is eligible for the internationally famous London to Brighton run and comes with an excellent provenance.
1904 PIERCE-ARROW STANHOPE MODEL 8M TRANSFORMABLE MOTORETTE
Engine No. 187
Quaker green with black running gear and oilcloth upholstery.
Engine: one cylinder, 8hp; Gearbox: two speed planetary; Suspension: full-elliptic leaf springs front and rear. Right hand drive.
Pierce-Arrow has long been regarded as one of the finest American automobile manufacturers of the Pre-war era. Pierce-Arrow quality and build precsion was second to none.
George Norman Pierce, a manufacturer of housewares including birdcages, ice chests, bathtubs, and eventually bicycles, built his first gasolene powered car in 1901. It was a simple chassis powered by a DeDion engine. Production of an improved version using a Pierce powerplant followed by 1903. It was in this year that the four passenger Stanhope model was introduced. The Stanhope was very much like its predessors, but had two occasional seats when the front portion of the dash board is lifted forward.
In October of 1903, a Pierce Stanhope in the New York to Pittsburgh competition, and achieved a second overall and a first in class. The 1904 models are distinguished by the addtition of a steering wheel in place of the more primitive tiller.
This Pierce was donated to the Pennsylvania State Museum by the Atwater Kent Foundation. Atwater Kent Jr. purchased the Pierce in 1952 from at the auction of famous opera singer and collector James Melton. At some point in the car's life it has been repainted and it appears that the original interior is still intact.
This car is eligible for the internationally famous London to Brighton run and comes with an excellent provenance.