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Pierson Brothers coupe
The Pierson Brothers coupe is considered by some to be the greatest hot rod of all time. The car is a 1934 Ford 3 Window Coupe built by the brothers Bob Pierson and Dick Pierson of Inglewood, California. The third member of the build crew was famed hot rod guru Bobby Meeks.

The car holds 8 world records at the dry lakes of El Mirage and Bonneville.

Beginning with a stock 1934 coupe, they first chopped and chanelled the body then fitted a "sprint car" nose. The sleek profile was a result of their interpretation of the rules of the day which stipulated that the windshield had to be at least seven inches tall. In order to meet this regulation while minimizing wind resistance, they lowered the roof and positioned the windshield at a sharp angle.

These aerodynamic enhancements allowed the car to achieve a respectable top speed of 140 miles per hour when first raced in 1952. Four years later, improvements to the Ford flathead V-8 engine and other mechanical refinements enabled it to reach an astounding 196 miles per hour. When fitted with a more efficient Chevrolet overhead valve V-8 engine, this car was timed at over 200 miles per hour on the dry lakes. http://www.hot-rod-pictures.com/ford-hot-rod-0015.html

Engine
When originally built in 1949, the car equipped with a 59-A bored .125 and stroked .125, giving it a total cubic inch displacement of 267.15. The heads, pistons and three carburetor manifold were Edelbrock with head compression ratios of 8.75-1. When the car was featured in Hot Rod Magazine April 1950, (REWRITE)

Owners
Tom Bryant owned the car before Meyer and the current own of the car is Bruce Meyer, a founding member of the Petersen Automotive Museum and lifetime member of the CHP 11-99 Foundation. Pete Chapouris restored the car to 1950 specifications.

The previous owner, and my good friend, Tom Bryant ran this car from 1980 - 1991 and holds eight world records at Bonneville & El Mirage, the fastest of which are 221.898 mph average speed for 2 miles, 224.679 mph for the fastest mile, and 227.330 for terminal velocity! Check out his currently owned world record holding coupe on another of these pages.Tom sold the Pierson Bros coupe to the current owner, Bruce Meyer in January of 1992. It was restored to the original (1949) condition. The car is presently featured in the Petersen Museum at - 6060 Wiltshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 (213) 930-2277. As of 6/15/96 the Coupe is now at the Behring Automotive museum at Blackhawk! I walked into it today, 6/29/96 and not knowing it was there, it was the 1st car I saw, and got to explain it to a tour group. (bad chariots)

Who's who
1) Lil’ John Burrera - Kneeling <> 2) Cary Agajanian <> 3) Harry Hibler <> 4) Boyd Coddington 5) Lou Senter <> 6) Bob Estes <> 7) Don Montgomery <> 8) Dick Pierson - designed the Coupe <> 9) Bud Meyer <> 10) Dan Gurney <> 11) Bob pierson - builder, driver of the Coupe <> 12) Tom Bryant - previous owner & world record holder! <> 13) Bruce Meyer - current owner - Click his name to see his garage<> 14) Robert E. Petersen <> 15) Carroll Shelby - who? <> 16) Pete Chapouris <> 17) Vic Edelbrock, Jr. <> 18) Bobby Meeks <> 19) Skip Hudson <> 20) Ed "Iron Man" Kretz <> 21) Wally Parks <> 22) Tom Sparks - Tom is into Studebakers I think <> 23) Skip Van Leeuwen <> 24) Greg Sharp <> 25) Ray Brown <> 26) Alex Xydias <> 27) Billy Gibbons <> 28) Don Waite <> 29) Gray Baskerville <> 30) Jim "jake" Jacobs

Resources

http://www.dochemp.com/2pbtom.html