@JohnBloom
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· May 6
... 1984 the green 1913 roadster helicoptered out of a canyon
...2008 three 1903s shown together(CA, PA, UK cars) + 1932 V-16 Prototype "XD-3"
...2010 1913 Dick & Marcia King's Kimball Town Car
...2021 I believe Robert & Jackie Lederer showed their 1910 7-P Model 27 Touring Car at Pebble Beach
· May 7
Peerless V16 Prototype - 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Was this a Murphy Body?
· May 7
@JohnBloom Yes. Couple of interesting features. All aluminum construction. No wood. And note the doors cut in to the roofline.
· May 8
2021 Pebble beach Concours:
Class A-1: Antique
3rd Place:
1910 Peerless 27 Rois des Belges Tourer
Robert & Jackie Lederer, South Barrington, Illinois
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I like this topic.
· May 8
@alsancle What a rich history and seeing the ones that were at PB all in one thread will be nice for others. I'll keep adding to this thread and others feel free to jump in and post additional documented Peerless examples that made the "big show".
· May 8
@JohnBloom We need to do the same for some of the other marques that are more rarely seen at Pebble.
· May 8
@alsancle Absolutely. They each need to show some of their shining moments. I'd love to see that develop.
· May 10
"This car was originally purchased for around $7,000 by an executive with the La Jolla Mining Company in California. After several years of traditional service, it was driven to and parked on their mining site, where it served as the power source for the operation, and was then abandoned for decades. It was left to decay until the 60’s, when a chance encounter with a Horseless Carriage club member who spotted it from the air began the incredible rescue process. It was finally airlifted out of the canyon by helicopter in 1966, and a full restoration was begun by Merl Ledford and finished by Gerald Luckow, including an all new body for the car. Completed in 1984, it was shown at the legendary Pebble Beach Concours that year, and then displayed in a small mining museum until 2008. After a further freshening, the current owner acquired it in January of 2015."
Some breathless copy, courtesy of Heacock Insurance Co., of a 1913 Peerless that's had a few owners. The first time I read about it, the car was in some Columbia River museum in Washington, and remember it had a 100 mph speedometer. Someone in UT owns it now....but the late car collector from Calgary, Ron Carey, owned it at one time, as did Robert Pass, the Off brothers, the Collins brothers and Tom Griffith. Image from 2015 St. John's Concours.
· May 11
@alsancle
Thanks for finding the 60-year-old mag. Not much left of the old girl when it came out of the canyon. There ought to be an award at the concours events showing Greatest Achievement Before & After. It's one thing to buy a car that runs, rebuild the engine and detail it = then show it. But to take this from basket case to Pebble Beach is astounding.
· May 11
@Peerless28 I should probably start a before & after topic on the RumbleFeed. This one would win. But that Plymouth on the AACA is a close runner up.
· May 11
When it was going through a green phase and sold for $330,000:
· May 15
Bill Knight sold it to Tom Griffith.
· May 15
@TimD Bill had some really great cars. I met him at the Gathering at Gilmore. Sorry that he passed away. He & his Dad restored their green 1923 Model 66 4-Passenger Touring Pheton....and 1931 Master Eight cabriolet....plus the 1913 Model 48-Six Roadster we're talking about here. I'll try to find a pic of the green car...
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