1929 Pierce-Arrow Model 125 Rumble Seat Coupe

The new Pierce-Arrow 'eight,' introduced in 1929, weighed 100 pounds less than the prior T-head six-cylinder unit it replaced and delivered 25 percent more power from a 12 percent smaller displacement. Prices began at $2,755, making it even less expensive than its predecessor, and marketed in no fewer than 12 body styles.

The Model 125 produced 125 horsepower and rode on a 133-inch wheelbase while the Model 126 had the same power rating but on a 143-inch wheelbase chassis.

For 1929, Pierce arrow sold approximately 8,000 vehicles, a feat sadly never repeated.


This Model 125 Coupe wears an older restoration finished in mint green, with black fenders and moldings, a black vinyl top with landau bars, and a button-tufted tan cloth interior. The car has wind wings, a golf bag door on the passenger side, nickel-finished door handles and window cranker, and a sun visor and windshield wiper. There are body-color wire wheels shod in blackwall tires. The odometer shows 87,059 miles.

By Daniel Vaughan | Dec 2013