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Peerless Armoured Car 1919. Built on the chassis of a lorry and armed with a pompom gun and a machine gun. The vehicle had chain drive and solid tires. Used mainly for internal security duties in India and Ireland, they were too slow and cumbersome to perform the required tasks. Replaced by Rolls-Royce Armoured cars, they were relegated to training vehicles.
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'The Largest Oil Company Owned By Canadians'
British American Oil Company Ltd
'washes your motor while you drive'
Maclean's Magazine 1956
25 8 MM collets. A mixture of Starett and Peerless.
Sizes are 4 thru 21, (18 collets) and one (1) ea of 23, 26, 28, 30, 34 36 and 40. (7 Collets) 25 total pieces.
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They all look EC. Nice looking collets. Dried oil and a little light surface rust on a few,. They need cleaning
1912 Peerless Model 36, part of the permanent collection of the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. I tooks some slides of this car in 1972 and this digital image in 2008. Light was not favorable -- exposure information: ISO 1600, f/4, 1/20 sec. hand-held, with available light only -- so there is noise in the image.
Although now quite old, this car is quite new, in terms miles driven. Museum information states it was driven only about 100 miles. Given the cost of the vehicle, such little use is hard to fathom, making the cost per mile quite high. The museum placard says the car cost $6,000 when new (equivalent to nearly $130,000 in 2009, after adjusting for inflation), putting this particular vehicle near the upper end of the $5,000-$6,200 range for a 1912 Peerless Model 36; this is logical, since as closed cars then cost more than open ones. The model 36 was powered by a 48.6 horsepower 6-cylinder engine and rode on a 137 inch wheelbase. Peerless made automobiles between 1900 and 1931, including a few 1932 models. [Information on Peerless automobiles info.] It is one of several makers of luxury cars that ceased operations during the Great Depression.
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Picnic At Ross Classic Car Show 2018 - 1959 Peerless GT. Made by Peerless Cars Ltd, featured Triumph TR3 running gear in a tubular space frame with de Dion tube rear suspension with a fibreglass 4-seater bodywork. Two Peerless Works cars were entered in the 1958 Le Mans. The race versions of the GT had hand-built engines, additional fuel tanks, and a lowered suspension. One of the cars won its class, and finished 16th overall.
About 325 were made between 1957 and 1960. After Peerless went broke in 1960, the car morphed into a Warwick, which included a prototype of a 3.5 Litre GT which used the light alloy Buick V8 engine that was later used by Rover in P5, P6 and SD1. The Peerless space-frame was subsequently used as the basis for a Chevrolet-powered, Giugiaro-designed, Bertone-built bodywork, which eventually reached production in 1964 as the Gordon-Keeble.
This crossbuck had recently replaced a remnant Griswold signal at this location. Peerless Confectionery with a tank car is in the background.
The Milwaukee Road was a big customer of Griswold which featured rotating stop signs to warn drivers of an approaching train. Railroad & Railfan magazine did an excellent feature on Griswold and its grade crossing signals recently.
That black Taurus by the tank car was my company car back then.
1959 Peerless GT driven by Mark Rosenberg during Sprint Race #1 for Group 5 on Saturday at the 2015 Jefferson 500.
If you are interested in this, or any of my other photos from this event please visit my website. prints.swankmotorarts.com/f976099101
Our lives are like ball of entwined ropes, we start with one cord. Slowly we build it up by adding more cords to make a ball. We can make it colorful or make it black & white. We weave our own dreams, hope, faith and love with it. Never a perfect one, we go through loops, wrong ends, or frustrations because we cannot complete; but no matter what there is always success because I believe.
Whenever I end up with loops & ends, I simply slip into as I collect boundless strength; as we are humanities peerless rope.
I am the only one that can stop myself from finishing it with great confidence from my God above as he leads me to finish it. No matter what obstacle I face, with the rope of faith to walk along the outer road, I will secure myself to run the length of the inner road because I TRUST. ~ Lisa M.
ODC - Framed. On display in the lobby of The Lyric. I looked at photos of some online and it looks like this one is in remarkably good condition. These were some of the earliest film projectors from the 1920s and 30s.
Chassis n° GT2-00198
Bonhams : The Autumn Sale 2020
Estimated : € 40.000 - 60.000
Sold for € 46.000
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
September 2020
A racing mechanic with considerable experience of spaceframe construction, Bernie Rodger was approached by John Gordon (later of Gordon-Keeble fame) and James Byrnes to built the prototype of a new 2+2 sports saloon: the Warwick. Noteworthy features of this very pretty Italianate GT included leaf-sprung De Dion rear suspension and the Triumph TR3 2.0-litre engine, overdrive gearbox, and front suspension, including its disc brakes. By the time production began in 1958 the car had been renamed 'Peerless', while bodies were now of glassfibre construction instead of the prototype's aluminium panelling. A very capable car, the Peerless had room for a family and its luggage, was good for a top speed of more than 110mph (177km/h) and cost a relatively affordable £1,500. Unfortunately for Peerless, this was approximately the price of a Jaguar 2.4-litre saloon...
In 1958 a solitary Peerless started the Le Mans 24 Hour Race; the only four-seater in the field, it finished in a highly creditable 16th place overall. Despite a favourable reception and the valuable publicity gained from its Le Mans exploits, Peerless was soon in financial difficulty and production ceased in 1960 after an estimated 325 cars had been made. Bernie Rodger then revived the design in improved form as the Warwick, but by the end of 1961 this too had gone. However, that was not quite the end of the Peerless saga; John Gordon and Jim Keeble then took the concept a stage further, fitting a Chevrolet V8 engine into a Peerless-type chassis to create the Bertone-styled Gordon-Keeble of 1964.
One of only 70 made in left-hand drive configuration, this ultra-rare Peerless GT has a race-prepared Triumph TR3 engine producing 100bhp and is eligible for the Le Mans Classic and Goodwood Revival events among others. Described by the vendor, a Belgian private collector, as in generally good condition with original interior, this restored car is offered with Belgian Carte Grise (Oldtimer) and Contrôle Technique.
Scans from 126 format negatives rediscovered in my collection and cleaned up as much as possible. Some deterioration of the negatives over the decades in storage. Due to the historical nature I am posting them.
Part of a series capturing the activity involved at Peerless as the employees and train crew worked to release an empty hopper that had contained sugar and receive new tank cars of corn syrup. In this view a man is on top of the tank car without a safety harness which would be added in later years with an overhead gantry system.
Peerless Confection was a favorite of railroad photographers as the last rail served customer on the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston branch line north of Clybourn Avenue from 1984 to its closing in 2007. In its final decades of operation it was serviced by the MILW, Soo/CP, and Chicago Terminal. Several blocks of street running were needed to reach Peerless.
Peerless stretched from Diversey on the north to Schubert on the south, occupying the entire city block on the east side of Lakewood. It was torn down by 2008 then replaced by condo buildings.
See my Peerless album for more pictures over the decades.
The last revenue run up to Peerless Confectionary?
I received a call from Ken the engineer on the Chicago Terminal at the time tipping me a couple of days earlier off that the final run to Peerless would take place on February 1, 2007. Peerless announced it was shutting down January 12, 2007, with the last day of operation April 30, 2007. No new orders would be accepted after February 15, 2007.
This Chicago Terminal operation would involve retrieving an empty tank car and returning it to the North Avenue Yard. So I took the day off from work and brought with me a banner I made signifying the end of rail service on this northernmost section of the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line.
And yes I was still shooting film back then with my trusty 35mm Canon camera.
Assisting Ken that day was John who was a conductor and a younger person whose name I do not recall.
Later I heard that one more run was made to Peerless before it shut down later that spring for good. Then in 2008 gondolas were stored on the Peerless spur after the factory was torn down as well as an excursion run by Chicago Terminal parent Iowa Pacific with the passenger car Caritas for Iowa Pacific customers.
If anyone has photos of a REVENUE run up to Peerless after February 1, 2007, I would be interested in seeing them posted.
I wrote an extensive history of the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line in the book "The Milwaukee Road in Chicago" which was published by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association in 2007 if anyone is interested in knowing more. It goes into the Chicago Terminal era.
I received no money from the book and it sold out quickly but might be available on the secondary market. The MRHA is considering reprinting it and I have an update to go with it.
Tom Burke
Chassis n° GT2-00198
Bonhams : The Autumn Sale 2020
Estimated : € 40.000 - 60.000
Sold for € 46.000
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
September 2020
A racing mechanic with considerable experience of spaceframe construction, Bernie Rodger was approached by John Gordon (later of Gordon-Keeble fame) and James Byrnes to built the prototype of a new 2+2 sports saloon: the Warwick. Noteworthy features of this very pretty Italianate GT included leaf-sprung De Dion rear suspension and the Triumph TR3 2.0-litre engine, overdrive gearbox, and front suspension, including its disc brakes. By the time production began in 1958 the car had been renamed 'Peerless', while bodies were now of glassfibre construction instead of the prototype's aluminium panelling. A very capable car, the Peerless had room for a family and its luggage, was good for a top speed of more than 110mph (177km/h) and cost a relatively affordable £1,500. Unfortunately for Peerless, this was approximately the price of a Jaguar 2.4-litre saloon...
In 1958 a solitary Peerless started the Le Mans 24 Hour Race; the only four-seater in the field, it finished in a highly creditable 16th place overall. Despite a favourable reception and the valuable publicity gained from its Le Mans exploits, Peerless was soon in financial difficulty and production ceased in 1960 after an estimated 325 cars had been made. Bernie Rodger then revived the design in improved form as the Warwick, but by the end of 1961 this too had gone. However, that was not quite the end of the Peerless saga; John Gordon and Jim Keeble then took the concept a stage further, fitting a Chevrolet V8 engine into a Peerless-type chassis to create the Bertone-styled Gordon-Keeble of 1964.
One of only 70 made in left-hand drive configuration, this ultra-rare Peerless GT has a race-prepared Triumph TR3 engine producing 100bhp and is eligible for the Le Mans Classic and Goodwood Revival events among others. Described by the vendor, a Belgian private collector, as in generally good condition with original interior, this restored car is offered with Belgian Carte Grise (Oldtimer) and Contrôle Technique.
Clearly, Peerless was once a thriving town. It has several grain elevators. A big restaurant. Churches. A good size school. The problem is that when I was there most of those things seemed empty--abandoned, even. The church was overgrown. The school was clearly empty at a time when school should still have been in session. One of the elevators is falling down (though the others seem used). The big restaurant was listed for sale and seemed totally devoid of life. And there were far more abandoned homes than ones that are lived in. Peerless was very very quiet. I had to wonder what happened here, that so many people left? This place used to have plenty of amenities. But when I was there the only activity I saw was a tumbleweed blowing across main street.
"Peerless was originally a development of the Great Northern Railroad. It appears that Peerless once went by the name of Tande or Battleson, but because of the popularity of a local beer the name was changed to Peerless...Dutch Henry's Bar...is a namesake of an outlaw who roamed these parts in the late 1800s. A display of photos on the walls tells quite a bit about the history of the surrounding area. The original town, settled in 1914, was a few miles away. Like many other places in northeast Montana, the laying of the railroad bed required the town to be moved to the railroad." -travelmt.com
1929 Peerless coupe, manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio • Stored in a residential garage with metal trash can lids as drip pans • Inline 6-cylinder flathead engine with mechanical fuel pump; external gas tank at rear bumper. Pressurized oil lubrication. Hydraulic four wheel brakes. Horn located within engine compartment. Running lights on top of the front fenders. Thick spoked wood wheels. One tail/brake light on the rear spare tire mount • 2016 • Cleveland northeast Ohio USA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerless_Motor_Company
iPhone 6s • Photoshop Elements with two filters from Anthropics' Smart Photo Editor plugin plus Topaz Labs' DeNoise & Clean plugins
Maywood NJ hosting the 1976 NJ&NY Parade on 06-05-1976. That beauty on the left is a 1938 Ahrens-Fox 1000GPM 200GWT and it originally served the City of Hackensack NJ. Elmwood Park's Sutphen and Park Ridge's 1964 ALF PR-2 are in the parking lot. Howard Kent Jr.
Peerless Motor Car Co. made fine cars in Cleveland Ohio from 1900 to 1931. This was one of "The Three P's", a trio of quality cars whose names started with the letter "P". The others were Packard and Pierce-Arrow. The Peerless factory later became the home of Carlings Ale.
The last revenue run up to Peerless Confectionary?
I received a call from Ken the engineer on the Chicago Terminal at the time tipping me a couple of days earlier off that the final run to Peerless would take place on February 1, 2007. Peerless announced it was shutting down January 12, 2007, with the last day of operation April 30, 2007. No new orders would be accepted after February 15, 2007.
This Chicago Terminal operation would involve retrieving an empty tank car and returning it to the North Avenue Yard. So I took the day off from work and brought with me a banner I made signifying the end of rail service on this northernmost section of the former Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line.
And yes I was still shooting film back then with my trusty 35mm Canon camera.
Assisting Ken that day was John who was a conductor and a younger person whose name I do not recall.
Later I heard that one more run was made to Peerless before it shut down later that spring for good. Then in 2008 gondolas were stored on the Peerless spur after the factory was torn down as well as an excursion run by Chicago Terminal parent Iowa Pacific with the passenger car Caritas for Iowa Pacific customers.
If anyone has photos of a REVENUE run up to Peerless after February 1, 2007, I would be interested in seeing them posted.
I wrote an extensive history of the Milwaukee Road Chicago & Evanston (C&E) Line in the book "The Milwaukee Road in Chicago" which was published by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association in 2007 if anyone is interested in knowing more. It goes into the Chicago Terminal era.
I received no money from the book and it sold out quickly but might be available on the secondary market. The MRHA is considering reprinting it and I have an update to go with it.
Tom Burke
originally Peerless Film Manufacturing Company founded 1907 by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. (Broncho Billy) Anderson (1880-1971) • terra cotta ornamentation and Indian Head logo designed by Spoor's sister, Mary Louise Spoor (1887-1985), professional book illustrator
company produced over 1,400 films during 10 year history including 1st American Sherlock Holmes (1916), 1st American A Christmas Carol (1908), 1st Jesse James movie, The James Boys of Missouri (1908) and early cartoons, e.g., Bray animator Wallace Carlson's popular Dreamy Dud character in He Resolves Not to Smoke (1915)
after Essanay collapsed, Spoor developed an unsuccessful 3-D system,1923 and a 65mm widescreen format, Spoor-Berggren Natural Vision, 1930 • as independent producer Anderson produced Stan Laurel silent comedies • Spoor (1948) and Anderson (1958) received Oscars (Academy Honorary Awards) as pioneers of motion picture industry
Little Rock AK born Anderson, first cowboy star in cinema history, son of Henry and Esther Aronson, Jewish couple from NY • Anderson moved to NYC at 18, worked in theater and vaudeville, played 3 roles in Edwin S. Porter's landmark 1903 film, The Great Train Robbery
Essanay stars included Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson, Edna Purviance, Bebe Daniels, Tom Mix and Harold Lloyd • Hollywood director Allan Dwan and gossip columnist Louella Parsons worked for Essanay as writers
Essanay hired Chaplin away from Mac Sennett's Keystone Studios, 1914, replacing $150/wk Keystone salary with $1,000/wk • Chaplin made just one film in this building, His New Job (1915) • others, including The Tramp (1915) -- featuring wardrobe purchased off the rack on Chicago's State Street -- shot at/near Essanay-West studio, Niles, California • Chaplin employed by Essanay for about a year
Essanay closed Chicago studio, 1917 • building later occupied by corporate film producer Norman Wilding's Wilding Studios • currently home of St. Augustine's College
designated Chicago Landmark, 1996 • Wikipedia • filmography • history of Essanay Studios -Pyramid Beach • Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum • Reel Chicago • The MGM of Silents • Essanay Studios -Diana Dretske • The Secret History of Chicago Movies: Chaplin at Essanay -White City Cinema • Inside Charlie Chaplin's Vault –Chicago Unbelievable
On page 1 of my old car book. I found the right side steering wheels in these old ads interesting. I wonder what year the United States changed to the left?
From 1900 to 1932 the Peerless Motor Car Company, Cleveland Ohio, vied with Packard and Pierce Arrow. Peerless was considered one of the three "P's" and a car of definite quality.