Re: Technology from Jay's garage

Posted by John Harley On 2010/2/11 19:41:46

Randy


Last week Owen, two other Packardholics and I went to a friend's place of business. His company makes the machines that fill soap bottles and such, puts on the label, and screws on the cap the right way. He has cad cam machines and more machine tools than you can shake a fender at, including a lathe with 20 ft. centers.

He's restoring a 1907 4 cyl Pierce Great Arrow. There are two others, one of which is also under restoration. He started with a frame, axles. rear end, part of a gear box and the springs about 5 years ago. He now has a standing chassis with complete running gear, transmission, steering gear, radiator, and part of a body. There is no engine. He has engineering drawings blown up from the owners manual that he is going to have an engine made from. This is not a simple car- it was $4000 new in 1907.

This is a major research involving measuring the other cars, scaling down parts from a 6cyl Great Arrow, and copying and guess work. We've been scratching our heads for 2 weeks.

The idea that you could drive one of the other cars into Jay's garage and have a pattern made of a complete engine is a true mind blower.

Many thanks


John Harley

Randy, Happy New Year