As a part of its June, July, August, and September Demonstration Days, the Seal Cove Auto Museum will be offering a series of curator led discussions featuring four “Hidden Gems of the Collection.” The September Demo Day will highlight the 1905 Pierce Great Arrow. Visitors will learn about the car’s manufacturer, provenance, and mechanical features during these up-close, photo-friendly events. Talks will be scheduled for 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM on each day. Rides in antique autos will be offered, weather permitting.
It is difficult today to appreciate the respect accorded to the Pierce-Arrow marque at the dawn of the automobile age. If price was a consideration, one did not buy a Pierce-Arrow. The company catered to the social and economic elite of the day. Special colors, not available to others, were kept on hand for important families. Seats, carpets, trunks and luggage were all custom fitted. However Pierce-Arrow offered much more than custom features based on the whims of its elite clientele. Outstanding engineering gave the cars exceptional reliability, smoothness and sophistication; quality of construction gave long life to these high-end vehicles.
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The 1905 Pierce Great Arrow is part of the Richard C. Paine Jr. Charitable Trust’s collection.