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| Manufacturer | Gordon Keeble |
| Production | 1963-1967 100 produced |
| Class | FR |
| Body style(s) | 2-door saloon |
| Engine(s) | 5. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only 4 litre Chevrolet V-8 |
| Transmission(s) | 4 speed manual |
| Wheelbase | 102 inches (2591 mm)[1] |
| Length | 184 inches (4674 mm)[1] |
| Width | 68 inches (1727 mm)[1] |
Gordon-Keeble was a British car marque, made first in Slough, then Eastleigh, and finally in Southampton (all in England), between 1963 and 1967. In both road and rail Vehicles the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Slough ( ˈslaʊ is a Borough and Unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Eastleigh is a former Railway town in Hampshire, England, and the main town in the Eastleigh borough. Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The marque's badge was unusual in featuring a tortoise. {A pet tortoise walked into the frame of an inaugral photo-shoot,taken in the grounds of the makers,and the irony was noticed and on a whim was chosen as the emblem}
The Gordon-Keeble came about when John Gordon, formerly of the struggling Peerless company, and Jim Keeble got together in 1959 to make the Gordon GT car by fitting a Buick 3. The Peerless was a British car made by Peerless Cars Ltd of Slough, Berkshire, between 1957 and 1960 when the company failed Buick (ˈbjuːɪk is a Marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, and 5 litre (213 c. i. ) V8 engine into a chassis by Peerless. The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a The car, still at the development stage, was then tried with a 4. 6 litre Chevrolet (283 c. Chevrolet (ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ - French origin (also known as Chevy) is a Brand of Automobile, produced by General Motors (GM i. ) V8 fitted into a square-tube steel spaceframe chassis, with independent front suspension and all round disc brakes. The complete chassis was then taken to Turin, Italy, where a body made of aluminium panels designed by Giugiaro was built by Bertone. Giorgetto Giugiaro (born August 7, 1938) is an Italian Automobile designer He was born in Garessio, Province of Cuneo Gruppo Bertone is an Italian car styling and coachbuilding house which also manufactures cars The car's four five-inch headlights were in the rare, slightly angled "Chinese eye" arrangement also used by a few other European marques, generally for high-speed cars such as Lagonda Rapide, Lancia Flaminia, and Triumphs, as well as Rolls-Royce. The Lagonda Rapide was a 4-door GT car produced from 1961 through 1964 The Lancia Flaminia is a Luxury car from the Italian automaker Lancia, built from 1957 to 1970 The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951 and Moritz (Maurice Schulte from Germany founded Bettmann & A Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973 Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003 which was owned
The car appeared on the Bertone stand at the 1960 Geneva Motor Show. After extensive road testing it was shipped to Detroit and shown to Chevrolet management, who agreed to supply Corvette engines and gearboxes for a production run of the car.
The car was readied for production with some alterations, the main ones being a larger 5. 4 litre (327 c. i. ) engine and a change from aluminium body to glass fibre. Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre see Spelling differences) is material made from extremely fine Fibers of Glass. Problems with suppliers occurred and before many cars were made the money ran out and the company went into liquidation. About 90 cars had been sold at what turned out to be an unrealistic price of £2798.
In 1965 the company was bought by Harold Smith and Geoffrey West and was re-registered as Keeble Cars Ltd. Production resumed, but only for a short time. The last car of the main manufacturing run was made in 1966. A final one was actually produced in 1967 from spares, bringing the total made to exactly 100. The Gordon-Keeble Owners' Club claim that over 90 still exist.
An attempt was made to restart production in 1968 when the rights to the car were bought by an American, John de Bruyne, but came to nothing in spite of showing two cars badged as De Bruynes at that year's New York Motor Show along with a new mid-engined coupé. [2]
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