1965 Gordon Keeble Coupe

This 1965 Gordon Keeble GK1 was advertised in New Zealand in late 2018, asking $160,000. According to the owner, this is build number 15 of only 99 cars, and was restored at some point in the early 1990s, and covered minimal mileage since.

In its day the Keeble was a contemporary of the Ferrari 250 Lusso, Aston Martin DB5 and Jaguar E type, although it was consistently found to outperform the competition in road tests. A fantastic hybrid of Italian design (Giorgetto Giugiaro at Bertone), American Power and British luxury, these cars are very seldom available. While many Keebles have been retrimmed in leather or fitted with automatic gearboxes, this car is highly original and still retains its original aircraft grade vinyl interior and matching numbers drivetrain. Previously a New Zealand classic car magazine cover car (see the images)

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Vehicle details

Added on 1 Oct 2018

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Vehicle Location: Country: 
New Zealand
Build date: 
built in 1965
Transmission: 
Manual (floor shift)
97,200 miles
Paint Colour/Code: 
White
Interior Colour/Code: 
Red
Engine Type: 
8 cylinder
Engine Fuel Type: 
Petrol (4 stroke)
Engine Number: 
15/FI004RD
Chassis Number: 
7A84##############

Comments

John Davison's picture
I was aged 17 year's old in 1965,i lived with my parents at 99 Vagues Road Papanui Christchurch Across the road was a timber mill The owner sold half his land and a small factory was built, with a staff of 3,plus the owner, they made flower pots and the bases, a few months later they started making light sockets, all in plastic with handle pressure, to form the mold out of plastic dust, A few years later he had moved and the company was named PDL, The owner, can't remember his name, bought a new Gordon Kebble in 1965, I was just 17 years old and sat behind the wheel of that Gordon Kebble, I'm now 73 and will always remember that day.