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WHERE TO FIND IT: ISSUE #44
OWNER: JOHN DYBOWSKI
FEATURE: PIERCE-ARROW BODY/REO
DRIVETRAIN
PHOTOGRAPHY: DENIS STRATFORD

WHERE TO FIND IT: ISSUES #27 & 46
OWNER: MYRON TOLF
FEATURE: OBERHAUSEN
ELECTRIC BLOWER
PHOTOGRAPHY: MYRON TOLF

Myron’s been
building cool stuff
since before most
of us were even
born. Shiny stuff,
ratty, stuff... as
long as it has gobs
of horsepower,
he’s all in. Both
vehicles of his that
we have featured
stood out on their
own, but each
featured super-
rare Oberhausen
electric blowers.
Yes - a supercharger
that was powered
by a starter motor
that force-fed
Model T’s and Model A’s will always be cool. Always. That being said, there
air through the Model T’s and Model A’s will always be cool. Always. That being said, there
sure are a lot of them. Same thing with small-block Chevys. Then along comes
carburator. The sure are a lot of them. Same thing with small-block Chevys. Then along comes
amount of boost John with a car normally seen at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance or
could be controlled at a Sotheby’s auction. Pierce-Arrows were one of the leaders in automotive
by a rheostat from style and luxury in the early part of the century, right up there with such
inside the vehicle. marques as Rolls-Royce, Packard, and Duesenberg. To see one made into a rat
How much power rod is wonderful, because there wasn’t enough of the car left to do a proper
do they add? restoration. Now countless people who may have never had the opportunity
Who knows? But to see one have that chance. To top it off, motivating the rig is the engine
they look cool and trans from a REO. REO made cars and trucks from 1905 to 1975 and was
and spark a lot of founded by Ransom Eli Olds - the founder of Oldsmobile. I dare anybody to
conversation. show me another REO-powered Pierce-Arrow.

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