Description
Warwick GT 2 Litre (Peerless) 1961
One of forty Believed built 16 Survive ??
TR 3 Based Sports Car Four Speed Manual with Overdrive
Wire Wheels , Front disc brakes
Strong Running Engine
De Dion Rear Axel
New Re Cored Radiator
New Starter Motor
New Stainless Petrol Tank
New Head Lining
Very Rare Car Much Work Done
Le Mans 16th Behind The Halford Naylor Lister Jaguar !!!
The Peerless GT is a little-known British sports car that shocked the racing world in 1958 when it took a class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and came in 16th overall – an astonishing feat for a brand new automobile manufacturer that had only shown its first car the year before at the 1957 Paris Motor Show.
This Le Mans class victory begins to make a little more sense when you learn more about Peerless – the company was founded by John Gordon, James Byrnes, and Bernie Rodger. Gordon was a Rolls-Royce vendor and amateur racer, Byrnes was also a club racer, and Rodger was a highly respected engine builder and tuner used by many racing drivers and teams.
Peerless Cars And The GT
The car that the three men developed was originally going to be called the Warwick however the name Peerless was chosen as a hat tip to the long defunct American marque by the same name, that had built armoured trucks at the same facility in Slough during World War I
