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Features: Inside the front cover is an ad reproduced from an issue of the 1914 Saturday Evening Post; On the last page and inside the back cover are reproduced a folder which describes an aid to s...
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Features: Inside the front cover is an ad reproduced from an issue of the 1914 Saturday Evening Post; On the last page and inside the back cover are reproduced a folder which describes an aid to steering invented and marketed in the 1920's by former Pierce-Arrow engineer Francis W. Davis, the man who also invented power steering; "Notes of an Apprentice Pierce-Arrow Salesman" by William G. Astridge (based upon notes written by his wife when he returned from 'Salesmen's School'; 13 glorious pages of a reproduced portfolio entitled 'Pierce-Arrow, New Salon Models, Advance Custom Modes for 1931; Copy of a 1935 letter from John Powers to Benito Mussolini regarding 'Mr. Duce's' policy of acquiring the world's supply of 'old and antiquated automobiles'.; 2 photos of a 1931 Model 41; reproduction of an article entitled 'Denver Trip in Record Time' re: Frank Botterill and his record-making dual valve six; reproduction of San Francisco P-A billboard; Two-page illustrated article on the early history of Pierce Truck; back cover features reproduction of a P.A. ad from the Nov. 1911 issue of Country Life in America. Unmarked. A sound copy.
Product Info
Publisher: The Pierce-Arrow Society
Year: 1977
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
First Edition
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