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OddBrit · OddBrit

After getting the car home from Detroit in September it taken a little time to document details for starting the restoration. The car has now been blown apart except for the front & rear suspension and steering column. Chassis is various states of disrepair primarily from the firewall back. ...

mikerf · mikerf

Has anyone any idea of the bush size that fits around the bolt holding the front of the leaf spring to the chassis? The bolt and bush were rusted solid and had to be cut off when I stripped the car so I'll have to get new ones made up. I don't suppose they were a stock item.

Bruce · Bruce

Thanks to Gary I now have a set of Peerless badges for my car. I bought my car (#37) around May 2010. After almost 6 years I thought I should give an update. This is when I first got the car. [URL=http://s215.photobucket.com/user/bct1962/media/060c.jpg.html][IMG]https://i215.photobucket.com...

Allison · Allison

Hi y'all having had a strong up bringing in the peerless and warwick circles i feel its time for me to repay the education by getting myself one to help promote the legacy of this rare british sportscar. Funds mean I'll sell my van to fund it so need to have something driveable but well aware it wont be a sho...

peerlessgt · peerlessgt

Heyy just put pads n shoes on the car, and replaced one rear wheel cylinder and line, bought brake fluid, and can't get a pedal. after spending all afternoon at it , realised the fluid i bought is labelled synthetic. seems just about all brake fluid is now synthetic.. well if you, like me, st...

Bran Mid Wales · Bran Mid Wales

Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you know I've got this car, some of you may know it. It still has the V8 in it & runs but is a long way from road ready. I'm very busy so any king of restoration is going to be rather long winded but I'll try & update significant changes. Thanks, Bran.

arturo64 · arturo64

It has been awhile but I'm back at my peerless. Got the brakes working...ish so now I'd like to get it running...ish. I had tried spinning it up to build oil pressure but no go, it had some very sludgy oil going on. my gut is telling me it was rebuilt at some point so I plan to take it apart,clean it and put it ba...

Keith Williams · Keith Williams

I am new to the "Peerless GT - Owners Club", but have been a Triumph fan for a great many years. My quest for a Peerless GT actually started with a desire for a Triumph Italia, however while looking for an Italia (searching for rare Triumphs), I ran across the Peerless GT. What a very neat car and my sites...

Steve · Steve

Imperial Maroon paint soon to appear.

mikerf · mikerf

OK, it's not really the bulkhead but I need to ask the question anyway. I'm at the stage of preparing new metal to go intothe bulkhead (firewall, in the USA), floor and footwell sides and have come across something that I think may be a bit unusual. In most photos of chassis that I've found online, the fo...

rkent47 · rkent47

At the risk of having my son angry with me, I thought I might update all of you a bit on #92. I emptied all of the bits from the ****pit this weekend, plus the rear seat shell, so that I could get to a more fine-tuned assessment of things. I discovered that someone, not so long ago, may have paid some attention...

Dean · Dean

Now that I finally placed the refurbished body on the new chassis, I realized that I don't have a restoration thread on #213 on our own P&W forum. Turns out I started documenting my efforts on VintageMotoring.net, and never thought to cross post. Here is an early link to help tie in purchas...

Jon Nolan · Gary 'Heated' Stretton

Auto Windscreens fitted the first new front and rear heated screens to my Peerless this morning. They look superb. Crystal clear, laminated and excellent fit. The element wires are no thicker than a human hair, and very difficult to see without a white background and nosed pressed against the glass...

Frieman · Frieman

Not much has happened with 145 beside general cleaning and taking stock. I removed the battery and found that it is a Deka. These are made in Pennsylvania and sold in the NE US. The date stamp was Jan. 1971!!! So it is safe to assume that #145 has not been on the road since the mid-70s and once lived in the NE U...

Steve · Steve

I bought the Austrailian knockoff off the original Mini interior light to use in my car. So, on a left hand drive car where would the interior light go? Centered just above the passanger door opening screwed into one of the ribs? I guess it could also somehow mount to the metal plate to which the rea...

nigel c · DaveC

It's been a few weeks since I was able to do anything with car, and nothing since the few brief shake-down runs. The heavy leak from the gearbox appears to be from failing gaskets on the overdrive-gearbox connection. If looks like there's been some attempt to seal it up with some sort of goop/epoxy/...

Gary S · Gary S

Finally getting stuck into the engine stripdown. Removed the cylinder head last night to find clean cylinder head faces. Head gasket marking says 86mm. Liners didn't budge but will come out anyway. Happy days sorry, nights. All the best, Gary

Dan Smith

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has any information regarding the 1959 Peerless GT Phase one, car 27. We have just obtained the car from America and wonder if anyone has owned or who has any information about the car... This is just for personal interest as we would like to know anything about the cars...

DaveC

5wks from purchase, #118 arrived this morning, safe, sound and ready for some TLC. Tons to do, and I can't wait to get started. dave

Dave #118

I hope to get #118 during the week of Jan 30th, providing the shipping works out on time, and then be up and running shortly after that. Looking forward to it arriving. The documentation arrived today, and in skipping through it, there is a substantial amount of information that comes from the prev...

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	Restoration of Irish Peerless?Warwick (Preview) After getting the car home from Detroit in September it taken a little time to document details for starting the restoration. The car has now been blown apart except for the front & rear suspension and steering column. Chassis is various states of disrepair primarily from the firewall back. ...	OddBrit	23	414	December 31st by nigel c
	Restoration of Chassis 86 (Preview) Has anyone any idea of the bush size that fits around the bolt holding the front of the leaf spring to the chassis? The bolt and bush were rusted solid and had to be cut off when I stripped the car so I'll have to get new ones made up. I don't suppose they were a stock item.	mikerf	29	2704	Feb 26, 2018 by christinejohnson
	Peerless #37 (Preview) Thanks to Gary I now have a set of Peerless badges for my car. I bought my car (#37) around May 2010. After almost 6 years I thought I should give an update. This is when I first got the car. [URL=http://s215.photobucket.com/user/bct1962/media/060c.jpg.html][IMG]https://i215.photobucket.com...	Bruce	8	1925	Jan 4, 2018 by mikerf
	Young blood (Preview) Hi y'all having had a strong up bringing in the peerless and warwick circles i feel its time for me to repay the education by getting myself one to help promote the legacy of this rare british sportscar. Funds mean I'll sell my van to fund it so need to have something driveable but well aware it wont be a sho...	Allison	0	455	Jan 1, 2018 by Allison
	Brake Fluid (Preview) Heyy just put pads n shoes on the car, and replaced one rear wheel cylinder and line, bought brake fluid, and can't get a pedal. after spending all afternoon at it , realised the fluid i bought is labelled synthetic. seems just about all brake fluid is now synthetic.. well if you, like me, st...	peerlessgt	1	877	Apr 16, 2017 by nigel c
	Chassis 289 (200 XMF) (Preview) Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you know I've got this car, some of you may know it. It still has the V8 in it & runs but is a long way from road ready. I'm very busy so any king of restoration is going to be rather long winded but I'll try & update significant changes. Thanks, Bran.	Bran Mid Wales	11	2543	Mar 27, 2017 by Richard
	Back at 92 (Preview) It has been awhile but I'm back at my peerless. Got the brakes working...ish so now I'd like to get it running...ish. I had tried spinning it up to build oil pressure but no go, it had some very sludgy oil going on. my gut is telling me it was rebuilt at some point so I plan to take it apart,clean it and put it ba...	arturo64	24	1302	Jan 31, 2017 by mikerf
	Chassis #56 (Preview) I am new to the "Peerless GT - Owners Club", but have been a Triumph fan for a great many years. My quest for a Peerless GT actually started with a desire for a Triumph Italia, however while looking for an Italia (searching for rare Triumphs), I ran across the Peerless GT. What a very neat car and my sites...	Keith Williams	3	1339	Jul 20, 2016 by nigel c
	Chassis #216 finally in primer (Preview) Imperial Maroon paint soon to appear.	Steve	13	2314	May 20, 2016 by nigel c
	Bulkhead anomaly??? (Preview) OK, it's not really the bulkhead but I need to ask the question anyway. I'm at the stage of preparing new metal to go intothe bulkhead (firewall, in the USA), floor and footwell sides and have come across something that I think may be a bit unusual. In most photos of chassis that I've found online, the fo...	mikerf	4	1391	Nov 9, 2015 by nigel c
	Peerless #92 (Preview) At the risk of having my son angry with me, I thought I might update all of you a bit on #92. I emptied all of the bits from the ****pit this weekend, plus the rear seat shell, so that I could get to a more fine-tuned assessment of things. I discovered that someone, not so long ago, may have paid some attention...	rkent47	15	2737	Oct 18, 2015 by Frank
	Chassis #213 - A long project (Preview) Now that I finally placed the refurbished body on the new chassis, I realized that I don't have a restoration thread on #213 on our own P&W forum. Turns out I started documenting my efforts on VintageMotoring.net, and never thought to cross post. Here is an early link to help tie in purchas...	Dean	0	1960	May 27, 2014 by Dean
	New screens now fitted (Preview) Auto Windscreens fitted the first new front and rear heated screens to my Peerless this morning. They look superb. Crystal clear, laminated and excellent fit. The element wires are no thicker than a human hair, and very difficult to see without a white background and nosed pressed against the glass...	Gary 'Heated' Stretton	3	2278	Dec 4, 2013 by Jon Nolan
	Update on No. 145 (Preview) Not much has happened with 145 beside general cleaning and taking stock. I removed the battery and found that it is a Deka. These are made in Pennsylvania and sold in the NE US. The date stamp was Jan. 1971!!! So it is safe to assume that #145 has not been on the road since the mid-70s and once lived in the NE U...	Frieman	21	2943	Nov 12, 2013 by warwickgt
	Interior Light (Preview) I bought the Austrailian knockoff off the original Mini interior light to use in my car. So, on a left hand drive car where would the interior light go? Centered just above the passanger door opening screwed into one of the ribs? I guess it could also somehow mount to the metal plate to which the rea...	Steve	1	1765	Jan 24, 2013 by DaveC
	Update on #118 (Preview) It's been a few weeks since I was able to do anything with car, and nothing since the few brief shake-down runs. The heavy leak from the gearbox appears to be from failing gaskets on the overdrive-gearbox connection. If looks like there's been some attempt to seal it up with some sort of goop/epoxy/...	DaveC	6	2686	Jan 23, 2013 by nigel c
	Off with its head! tr3 cylinder head peerless engine (Preview) Finally getting stuck into the engine stripdown. Removed the cylinder head last night to find clean cylinder head faces. Head gasket marking says 86mm. Liners didn't budge but will come out anyway. Happy days sorry, nights. All the best, Gary	Gary S	0	1641	Nov 21, 2012 by Gary S
	Information on Peerless GT Phase 1 - Number 27 (Preview) Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has any information regarding the 1959 Peerless GT Phase one, car 27. We have just obtained the car from America and wonder if anyone has owned or who has any information about the car... This is just for personal interest as we would like to know anything about the cars...	Dan Smith	0	1867	Apr 9, 2012 by Dan Smith
	New Arrival.... finally (Preview) 5wks from purchase, #118 arrived this morning, safe, sound and ready for some TLC. Tons to do, and I can't wait to get started. dave	DaveC	2	2126	Feb 1, 2012 by nigel c
	An update (Preview) I hope to get #118 during the week of Jan 30th, providing the shipping works out on time, and then be up and running shortly after that. Looking forward to it arriving. The documentation arrived today, and in skipping through it, there is a substantial amount of information that comes from the prev...	Dave #118	3	2276	Jan 16, 2012 by Gary Stretton
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