Peerless & Warwick Articles & References April 27, 1999
This is a list of known pulbications containing informaion about Peerless & Warwick cars. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with more informaion, or who could provide originals or copies the register is missing. We do not have copies available at the moment, but would like to be able to distribute some of these, where copyrights on the original material allow.
Original Source Title Description P&W RegisterCopy Type
(photocopy, orig, reprint, needed)
Factory Literature
Peerless Cars Limited, Slough, Bucks, England 4 pgs. "Peerless G.T. Two-Litre" Sales Brochure, phase 1
Specs, dimensions, description, 5 pics & figure
pc
Peerless Cars Ltd. Owners manual
Peerless Cars Limited Sales Brochure, phase 2 n
Peerless Cars Ltd. Service Manual? n
Peerless Motors Ltd.
(1958-59)
"Peerless `G.T.' 2-litre Saloon cars. Wiring Diagram pc
Warwick 
"Bernard Rodger Developments Ltd," Colnbrook, Bucks England
Sales Brochure n
Original Magazine Articles & Road Tests
Sports Car Illustrated Oct. 1957 ? Road test of prototype na
Autocourse (Trafalgar Press Ltd)
Nov. 1957 4 pgs.
"The Gran Turismo Peerless" with the compliments of PEERLESS CARS LIMITED Pre-release review, 8 pictures including both Aluminium bodied prototypes. pc
The Motor, October 22, 1958 p456-457 "The Peerless Gran Turismo" Review, Specs, Chassis drawing, 3 pics pc
AutoCar '58 or 59 ? na
Road & Track 58 or 59 ? Road Test na
Automobile Engineer, January 1959, p18-22
+ cover picture?
"Peerless Sports Car Body" Production Methods Employed... Through description of production of phase I body at James Whitson and Co. Diagram of body sections, 10 pics. pc
Autosport
March 20, 1959
p356-359
"The Peerless G.T"
John Bolster
Road test of phase I, specs,5 pics, inc: Reg# 8583BP, chassis. rp+

pc

SCI, ?? 1958 "Drivers Report" 
Dennis May
pgs 26, ??, 51
"Peerless Coupe" Post LeMans review, pics of press car, and 990ABH. Advert on p51 "Peerless GT Two-Litre" European Motors (Detroit MI) pc
Unknown magazine, p11 of 1959 ?? "Only Gran Turismo 4-seater priced under $4000!" Advertisement, Peerless phase 2. Cal Sales Inc. (Gardena CA), & European Motors Inc. (Detroit MI) pc
Motor, 1961 Warwick test n
Autocar March 3, 1961 4 pgs "Warwick GT" Warwick test & review. 6 pics & figures. n
Autosport 1961? John Bolster Warwick Review n
"Modern" Magazines
?? unknown magazine, possibly Thoroughbred & Classic??
4 pgs
"The Peerless/Warwick Saga" David Landers Good article, history, LeMans, production, etc. pics: LeMans, Warwick reg XEL 330B, press Warwick pc
TR Action No. 42 "The Peerless and Warwick 2 litre G.T.'s - A Family TR3 or Poor Man's Aston Martin?"
-Dave Anscombe
Brief description, history pc
The Vintage Triumph
NA VTR #25. 1976 Cover photo, 4 1/2 pgs.
Peerless & Warwick GT's Reprint of '61 Autocar article, 1/2 page Warwick advert O
The Old Motor, January 1982. 27-29 "Formula for Failure"
-Mike Taylor
Development and history of Peerless and Warwick. pc
Sport & GT market
July 1988 p14, 27
"Classic Example " "Peerless GT" -by Bill Siuru Brief history, description, 2 pics of restored car.
photos by Allen Barrett
O
Thoroughbred & Classic Cars -Nov 1990  p78-83 "Without Equals"
-Douglas Armstrong
History, development, Bernie Rodger & John Gordon info, 21 pics inc: 990ABH (1st prototype), 330 CBH (2nd prototype), frame, LeMans, factory, Warwick 75RBH. pc
Thoroughbred & Classic Cars -Dec 1990  p78-81 "Turtle Power"
-Douglas Armstrong
History of Gordon-Keeble pc
Thoroughbred & Classic Cars -April 1992  p18 "V8 Warwick- Survivor Found!" "Discovered cars" section- LHD Buick V8 Warwick uncovered -Eddie Labocette O
Thoroughbred & Classic Cars -Oct 1992  p116 "TR International" Club news- John Gordon next to LeMans Car (phase 2 front end!) at TR meet. O
Book References
"Guide to Used Sports Cars" 
UK, C1965, p125-130
"Peerless GT" and

"Warwick GT" entries

brief review of both cars, 2 pics of phase 1, Reg XR01, specs pc
"Post War Thoroughbreds"
Bruce Hudson
Peerless- p188-194
Warwick- p259-263
History, development, specs pc
"Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars" -G.N.Georgano Peerless Motors Ltd. & Warwick entries 1 paragraph ea.- brief history, inc. 1 picture of a peerless. O
"History of Motor Racing"
(Check title) US
"Peerless" Brief, includes Lemans picture O
"Complete Catalogue of British Cars" (1974) UK Peerless and Warwick Entries. brief entries, picture of phase 2 reg. 828 HPH, "#99", at speed. n

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