Any Gordon Keeble Owners Out There?

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TOMPERRELLI said:

Hi Tog,

Not sure, so may be wrong here.... but think that belonged to an old friend sadly now passed on, it was originally Dark blue with all the chrome, he had a lot of work done converting to the black look popular back then, unfortunately the car was stolen and I thing "torched" ....

Based on the club gallery it looks like Ch63 (Same colour scheme, wide wheels, webasto sunroof), Ch83 (red, different plate, narrow wheels) is the one listed as destroyed by fire.

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Hi Dirk. Like many, Ch76 is fitted with a Mota Lita boss and wheel. They do bosses to fit almost everything (https://www.moto-lita.co.uk/bosses), not cheap but the do a very close match to the original.

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P5BNij said:

I saw a beautiful metallic green GK on the A34 near Hinksey on Sunday, I think the reg' number was '2 NWV'..... anyone on here...?

The one on the left, would have been travelling to/from GKOC meet at Henley on Thames:

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I see Ch15 up for sale on carandclassic, it's in NZ though.

Edited by Mellow Yellow on Thursday 7th June 16:31

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Just to liven things up, a picture of Ch76 at the Borde Hill show. As soon as I pulled up, the MGA twin cam owner demonstrated his knowledge by pointing out that the GK was the only car to share the same wheels.

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keeble kid said:

Here’s a few pics from the Concord Classic Show yesterday and my highlights were a lovey Aston Martin DB4,a purple Noble (both of which I sat in) and a very nice Fiat X1/9.Nice to speak to Len Lloyd and Chris Kent with there cars 81 & 98 respectively.
Cheers
Keeble Kid

Weather looks a bit better than last year!

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Dirk1 said:

Hi all,
I come at a point I have to make difficult decisions.Living in Antwerp,Belgium is a real problem now with the Low emission zone tightening more and more.Traffic has grown enormously to the point there is not much fun driving my cars anymore.
I therefore decided to sell several cars,and the Keeble might be among them(Big V-8's are not liked by the politics anymore here)
I read that several people were looking for a Keeble.. Mine is not cheap,as it is now fully rebuilt.
If someone is interested, contact me at: vanussel.dirk(at)gmail.com

That's so sad to hear, Dirk1.

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GK52 said:

I see that there are now 4 GKs for sale on www.carandclassic.co.uk. Must be a record.

Long time since I've seen one advertised sub £50k, advert a bit thin on detail though

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Just stumbled upon this, what might have been. I believe the club site still lists one as being converted:



More 3d renderings here

Looks rather good but I guess it's a whole lot easier when you don't have to worry about water ingress and can make the hood & farme take up as little room as you like.

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Ch76 at Goodwood Annual vehicle display, unusually no other GKs present, although one of the display cars was owned by a GK owner.

Very nice Peerless selected for display:

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Ch76 is currently running a (new) Holley 600cfm on standard GM inlet manifold with adapter plate. This sits a bit high and causes the air filter box to rub against the bonnet heat shielding. I'm having some other work done over the Winter and am thinking of changing the inlet manifold. Does anyone know of an aluminium manifold which will take the Holley without an adapter?

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Thanks for the responses guys, Weiand appears to be what I'm after.

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V10Mike said:

If you're running a Holley, you can use one of these: https://www.jegs.com/i/OER/691/6423907/10002/-1

Allows you to fit a 3 inch deep air cleaner but will clear the underside of the bonnet.

Almost as much as the manifold! I did wonder about a thinner adapter but one I already have is 1/2" which seems to be thinnest available. Don't really want to mess with the original filter housing. Only issue I have with the Weiand manifold is it's not exactly going to look "period" but I guess a few months of muck will help with that.

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Three spotted at Goodwood Revival on Saturday:



Selected other rarities:

Edited by Mellow Yellow on Tuesday 17th September 12:40

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tog said:

Love the Bitter.

What's the little green thing?

Another Brit in an Italian suit. "Triumph Italia", a TR3 with a Michelotti designed body, built by Vignale in Turin.

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P5BNij said:

I found this earlier today whilst looking for something else, I've already posted it in the classics section but thought it worth posting here too - Princedale Road in Ladbroke Grove, 1970, the reg' of the GK is 'DLK 83C'...

DLK 831C (DLK 83C comes up as a Cortina).

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https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26926/lot/148/#/!

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P5BNij said:

Can any of you GK chaps identify this example please....?

Afraid I can't but the picture intrigued me so I Googled John Woolfe and Gordon Keeble, turned up a couple more pictures of the car with different plates, apparently it was dark metallic blue.

I've included the accompanying text:

"The consensus is that this is John Woolfe Racing's head honcho Dave Riswick at the wheel of business partner Arnold Burton's Gordon Keeble."

"Caution! Do not play poker with this man!
An incredibly serious looking Dave Riswick at the wheel of the ex-Arnold Burton Gordon Keeble at Blackbushe in 1971. Dave ran a 14 at 107 mph but, despite the fact that his car was fitted with a Formula 5000 racing engine, lost to David Rinder's Ginetta."
...and another, in colour

courtesy of https://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk/

Edited by Mellow Yellow on Friday 3rd September 13:18

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Decent turnout in Goodwood Revival Pre '66 Parking on Sunday:




Peerless for good measure.