Art of the Classic Car

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1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow


ierce-Arrow built fine luxury cars from 1901 through
1938—a remarkably long time in an era of great
attrition among auto manufacturers. The firm did
eventually succumb during the long years of the Great
Depression, but not before it produced a luxury car to
top all its previous efforts—the Silver Arrow.
Only five Silver Arrows were produced, and only three
examples survive today. This car, the first Silver Arrow to be
publicly auctioned since 1973, was sold for $2.2 million at the
January 2012 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Introduced at the New York Auto Show in 1933, the Silver
Arrow broke new ground with its forward-thinking styling.
Most notably, the Silver Arrow did away with running boards;
instead, its front fenders flowed straight back into a slab-sided
body, an arrangement other manufacturers would soon imitate
(though usually without hiding spare tires within said fenders,

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