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Vintage

2008.05.01

The 1927 Peerless 6/80
Primrose and black with tan leather interior.
Body type: 4-door Landaulett Limousine with solid wheel centres, with two porthole-style rear side windows. Seating capacity: 4 - 5.

Peerless was a United States automobile produced by the Peerless Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Established in 1900, the company was known for building high-quality, precision luxury automobiles.

Peerless employed Barney Oldfield as a driver of its Green Dragon racecar; in early speed races, Peerless proved the durability of the product and setting world speed records. Peerless was noted for its use of flat-plane crankshafts in its engine designs.

As the Peerless evolved, it, along with makes Packard and Pierce-Arrow, became known as the "Three-Ps of Motordom" (premium vehicles) in the United States.

Peerless' downfall was in its quality. In the 1920s, the company was producing conservatively-styled vehicles that would last for ten or more years. Current Peerless owners held onto their cars, which ran very well; new buyers of luxury cars were attracted to LaSalle, Packard and the Studebaker President series.

In 1930-31, Peerless commissioned Murphy Body Works of Pasadena, California, to design what the company envisioned as its 1933 model. The task was assigned to a young Frank Hershey. Hershey's design for Peerless was a remarkably clean, elegant vehicle, powered by the company's planned V16 engine.

Just as the car was ready to be shipped back to Cleveland, the Board of Directors pulled Peerless out of the automobile business and reoriented the company to brew beer under the Carling Black Label brand.

Hershey's prototype was walled up in a room at the Peerless factory where it sat until the end of World War II. Hershey's prototype is now owned by the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.

Today, Peerless vehicles are hard to find.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Ah, but we were lucky enough to have found one to use as our wedding car!
Happy memories!

24 Comments

wow .hoe beautiful

mojaroo · 2008-05-01: 07:31

nice :)

samuelsonthhc · 2008-05-01: 08:32

Wow ! Sweet sweet memory!

leocheung · 2008-05-01: 08:37

Bonita foto. Este coche parece sacado de una pelicula de gansters...
Un saludo

yamaleekis · 2008-05-01: 09:25

I love it, I'd like to have an old car like this one!!

domino · 2008-05-01: 09:32

nicely done!~ R

urmysunshine · 2008-05-01: 09:57

ńice!

mimax2 · 2008-05-01: 10:06

beautiful car!!

jennye · 2008-05-01: 11:54

ohhh, wedding car) you are so romantic!
great picture!

natasa7 · 2008-05-01: 14:09

beautiful shot!

tantatantan · 2008-05-01: 15:11

Great car and shot

Lynda · 2008-05-01: 15:45

HOW COOL to have used one for your wedding! As I recall you are sort of newlyweds.... JR and I are about to celebrate or FIRST anniversary this coming Monday. :-)

DancingDolphin · 2008-05-01: 16:05