SoCultures October 2018

SoCultures October 2018
cylinder motor that produce 150 horsepower. Its mechanical features include a
Warner overdrive, free-wheeling, synchromesh transmission and automatic choke.
Beginning in 1901, Pierce-Arrow became known as the car of Presidents when
William H. Taft became the first president to use an automobile for official
occasions. This practice continued until the last Pierces were ordered in 1935.
Pierce Arrow also supplied cars to royal families of Japan, Greece, Saudi Arabia
and Belgium. In 1914, Pierce-Arrow introduced its patented integral fender
headlamps as an option which became the most recognized design cue for Pierce-
Arrows for the rest of the company's history. The all-new 1936 models were billed
as the 'world's safest car' based on the welded and riveted frame comprised of two
box side beams, five cross-members and a center x-brace. They featured thirty
major improvements and according to Pierce-Arrow 'set new standards of what a
fine car should like, how it should drive. The innovate Pierce-Arrow styling for
1936 was aerodynamic and modern looking yet would be the firm's last new design
ever built. This 44,000 original-mile Sedan was once owned by a business family
in Pune and later owned by Mr. Ramesh Thakker before Mr. Diljeet Titus acquired
it. This car has been painstakingly restored to Concours standards by Mr.
Manvendra Singh Barwani of Classic Cars, Indore.
7.1935 Auburn, Boat Tail Speedster 851
The Auburn Boattail Speedster was owned by a nobleman in the
StateofTamilNadu. This masterpiece is powered by a Lycoming straight-eight of
4559cc displacement; the engine develops an impressive 115 bhp at 3600 rpm.
Between 1935 and 1936, a total of 147 Speedsters were made. Canadian antique
toys expert John Sanders discovered this car being used as
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