Gordon Keeble Car
Financier george wansbrough was now the chairman of the company.

Gordon keeble car. The marques badge was unusual in featuring a tortoise a pet tortoise walked into the frame of an inaugural photo shoot taken in the grounds of the makers. Produced between 1964 and 1966 the gordon keeble was one of a select band of 1960s grandes routieres that combined british chassis engineering with american horsepower and italian style. The production gordon keeble notwithstanding the success of the gordon gt it was another 4 years before the gordon keeble went into production.
They were built at eastleigh southampton uk on the airfield site in a building. Restored to what the seller describes as a near concours quality its nonetheless said to remain very usable. Gordon keeble was a british car marque made first in slough then eastleigh and finally in southampton all in england between 1964 and 1967.
The car on offer today was owned by an astronomer from cheshire and later acquired by michael erik mak a hong kong business man who decided to corner the market in gordon keebles. The gk1 is identical in concept to the iso rivolta gt. The gordon keeble is an exotic four passenger 1960s european gt car styled by giorgetto giugiaro while at bertone and powered by a corvette 327 cid engine with a 4 speed manual transmission.
Chassis 36 was purchased by the current vendor in 2003 after a restoration which involved both ernie knott and ivan dutton a world class bugatti restorer. This 1964 gordon keeble chassis 38 is one of 100 built over a four year period ending in 1967. John gordon had by this time left the project and the car was renamed to give jim keeble credit for his work in the design of the car.
Welcome to the gordon keeble owners club official website. Gordon keeble gk1 gordon keeble based in england was founded by two ex aircraft engineers john gordon and jim keeble who began at peerless another british car company. Gordon keeble automobiles may be virtually unknown here in the united states despite their american sourced drivetrains but these handsome gran turismo coupes caused quite the stir in england in the early mid 1960s and they wear one of the most unusual emblems in all of automotive history.
A fantastic hybrid of italian design giorgetto giugiaro at bertone american power and british luxury. This rare gordon keeble is for sale at a dealer in germany not here on my car quest price on request. 1964 gordon keeble gk1 number 15 of only 99 cars ever built.