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Bob Claffie

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Driving home today, south on MA 91 near Greenfield, came upon a LBC which I didn't recognize. Silver coupe, right hand drive with MA plates over the English ? registration underneath. Would you believe a Gordan Keeble ? I have no reference for selecting that Manufacturer EXCEPT that was on the license plate. Mass vanity plate "Keeble". Anyone ever seen one in real life ? Bob
 
I race with a guy who has a Peerless, a related car.

The Peerless used a TR3 engine. The G-K is the same chassis and similar body but with a Chevy V8.

They are rare!
 
I have seen a Gordon Keeble.... Believe it or not, it was for sale on the forecourt of a car dealer in Bilston (just outside of Wolverhampton) in the UK probably around 1982/83 or so. Burgundy red in colour, a most striking car!

Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine did a feature on the Gordon Keeble a while ago, and from the description and the location of your spot I would guess that it was the same car that they featured.
 
The Peerless was a slab sided plastic bodied car. The GK is a less slab sided plastic bodied car, which endears itself to me only by the fact that it was the only car other than the MGA Twin Cam to use the Dunlop peg drive wheels using 4 pegs (Jaguar used a 5 peg version, normally in 16" diameter).

The GK wheels were also an inch wider than the Twin Cam wheels.

They built them on a shoe string and the chassis wasn't really up to the job in terms of handling, not helped by the choice of worm and sector steering system, but they maintain a following and most of them still exist. The chassis wasn't a Triumph based one, it was a bespoke square tube creation, not bad, actually, utilizing a de Dion rear suspension, and apparently they had a nice ride quality. See the club site for more info.

I look on them as a less powerful version of what my Jensen CV-8 was in that market.
 
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