Gordon Keeble
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. We hope that you enjoy your visit here and find the enclosed information both interesting and informative in 2014 the club celebrated fifty years since the production of the car started in 1964. Welcome to the gordon keeble owners club official website. 1964 gordon keeble gk1 number 15 of only 99 cars ever built.
A fantastic hybrid of italian design giorgetto giugiaro at bertone american power and british luxury. 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. If jensen and bristol embraced the american v8 to keep their existing cars competitive the gordon keeble launched prematurely as the alloy bodied gordon gt prototype at geneva in 1960 was a car created from the beginning around and because of the availability and tremendous potential of this type of engine.
They were built at eastleigh southampton uk on the airfield site in a building. 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. 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 gk1 is identical in concept to the iso rivolta gt. Gordon keeble was a british car marque made first in slough then eastleigh and finally in southampton all in england between 1963 and 1967. In 1965 the company was bought by harold smith and geoffrey west and was re.
Gordon keeble was a british car marque made in england between 1964 and 1967. 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.