Good lord this is a masterpiece

"JR1" (type35bugatti)
07/29/2014 at 19:58 • Filed to: Pierce arrow

Who doesn't love a good Pierce Arrow?

DISCUSSION (22)

RoadHead -- Armand > JR1
07/29/2014 at 20:02

God I wish flat windows could make a comeback.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1
07/29/2014 at 20:17

Not I.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > JR1
07/29/2014 at 20:18

I'd say the people who don't like a good Pierce Arrow are the same people who don't like a good Ruxton..

Kinja'd!!!

JR1 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2014 at 20:20

You'd have to be insane to hate either. The paint job on Ruxtons are excellent

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > JR1
07/29/2014 at 20:21

Those cars were insane, hell they still are :)

Blondude > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2014 at 20:45

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/aut…

I seriously stumbled across this article not 10 minutes after first reading this comment. I think I'm being watched...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2014 at 20:46

I've been wondering since I first heard of them what earthly purpose Ruxtons have in having those giant hub covers. I don't know if I ever figured it out - other than "probably just a stylistic dead end".

$kaycog > JR1
07/29/2014 at 20:49

That is magnificent!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/29/2014 at 20:51

It had something to do with the FWD system they used if I'm not completly wrong, I guess they used them at the rear as well so that they'd look the same on all four wheels.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Blondude
07/29/2014 at 20:53

Hehe, I'm the one who walks in the shadows, I'm the one who controls the internet, I'm the one who kno.. Nah, not going there mate :) But the Ruxton was a magnificent piece of engineering that somehow ended up as nothing more than an obscure car known only to car nerds.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2014 at 20:54

My sense was that it was some type of full floating axle used in the FWD encouraging the use of a large hub bearing - but it shouldn't have needed to be *that* large. Still, full floating axle FWD would be a solid choice from a design standpoint.

desertdog5051 > JR1
07/29/2014 at 20:54

Probably the folks who had a less than 6 figure income in the 30's. But when you saw one, you knew you had seen the best.

Let us not forget the "Galloping Goose(s). All of which still live.

Kinja'd!!!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/29/2014 at 20:57

I can't remember right know if I'm honest, and I've been at the pub today so I don't think I should speculate on what is what and whatnot right now anyway (13 pints does not make for a smart brain they say) ;)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2014 at 21:12

Well, a floating axle with a honking huge bearing front and rear was the cause of such a look on the Series Land Rover (II on, anyway), so I sort of imagined the same was probably true here. I saw a picture of the trans setup at one time, and there was definitely *something* making for a big hub - I don't think that picture had the covers on, but I don't think you could see anything either.

Kinja'd!!!