The Pierce Arrow Silver (A piece of history)

October 31, 2017 myclassicrick Classic Car News 0

ROME ARNOLD IV — One-year-old Rome Arnold IV crawls past a 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow on display at Rockefeller Center in New York Sunday, Sept. 29, 1996. The vehicle, part of a classic car show sponsored by Louis Vuitton, won the "People's Choice" award after spectators voted it their favorite car, selected from among 50 of the world's rarest and most expensive automobiles ever made. Arnold's father, of New York City, was exhibiting his 1964 Astin Martin DB-5, so the child was able to have the run of the lot. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

The Pierce Arrow Silver (A piece of history)

There were a lot of unique vehicles built over the years, but one forgotten silver beast was the 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow. Only 5 were built in 3 months. This concept car was designed by Philip O. Wright and was introduced at the New York Auto Show in 1933.

Antique car enthusiasts look over a 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Custom Touring sedan during a Pierce-Arrow Week auto exhibition held at Niagara Square in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday, July 14, 2001. Only five of these vehicles were manufactured, and three still exist today. Over 175 Pierce-Arrow automobiles were on display for the 100th anniversary of the first Pierce motorcar which debuted at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)

This Pierce had a futuristic design and a V-12 with a top speed of 115 mph. It was truly ahead of it’s time. The Silver Arrow’s body was an all-steel construction that was completely built in-house. It was mounted on the top-of-the-range ‘1236’ model chassis. A wholly conventional design, it used a steel ladder frame, supported by solid axles with semi-elliptic leaf springs on both ends. The Silver came in at 5102 pounds.

A hood ornament is shown on a classic Pierce-Arrow automobile at the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum as work continues on the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Buffalo Filling Station at the museum in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

There are only 3 of the 5 left. Recently, one sold at RM Auctions for $3,740,000.00.

Unfortunately, Studebaker, Pierce Arrow’s parent company filed for bankruptcy in the spring of 1933 and Pierce Arrow was acquired by some Buffalo bankers. Unfortunately, Pierce Arrow closed it facilities in 1938.

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