1961 Warwick GT 350

1961 Warwick GT 350 in The Checkered Flag, Movie, 1963

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin: — Made for: USA

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s13a ◊ 2022-04-21 23:59	https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1962/Sebring-1962-03-24-015.jpg
dsl ◊ 2022-04-22 02:02	Our first Warwick (about 40 made) - it was the sequel to the Peerless 2 Litre GT, and the spaceframe later resurfaced in the Gordon Keeble. Two Warwick prototypes, the 3.5 Litre or GT350, were made in 1961 and featured the light alloy Buick V8 engine that was later taken up by Rover. One was raced in UK in 61 ("75 RBH") and survives, the other was this Sebring entry, fate unknown but raced a bit in US during 61-62.
dsl ◊ 2022-04-22 04:01	More info: "In late 1958 John Gordon and an American pilot stationed in England began a project at the Peerless factory to install a small block Chevy motor into a Peerless. At the same time a wealthy American student at Cambridge John Todd (the driver at Sebring), bought a Peerless which he used for transportation and racing. During one of his visits to the factory, he heard of the V8 project and when Peerless ceased operations Todd convinced Bernie to build a V8 car for him. In return, John loaned money to start Bernard Rodgers Development Ltd. and secured a supply (10) of the new all-aluminium 215 cubic inch Buick motors. .... The only body modifications necessary were to raise the bonnet line by installing the additional nostrils above the normal air intake.....the engine fitted neatly and was over 100 pounds lighter than the TR lump and offered 155 bhp at 4600 rpm in contrast to 100 bhp at 5000 rpm. The Warwick GT350 was announced as an addition to the range in 1961. It’s believed that the first 3 cars were completed around April 1961. Two of them were left hand drive cars and the third was RHD and became the factory demonstrator. The two LHD were shipped by John Todd where he raced one of them between 1961 and 1963. He and his brother Dan even ran the car at Sebring in 1962. The second car was in street form and was sold to a gentleman in Virginia in mid-1961. Exactly how many Warwick GT350’s were produced has never been proven due to lack of factory records. The common belief is that it is somewhere around 4-6." from here (scroll down).

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s13a

◊ 2022-04-21 23:59

https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1962/Sebring-1962-03-24-015.jpg

dsl

◊ 2022-04-22 02:02

Our first Warwick (about 40 made) - it was the sequel to the Peerless 2 Litre GT, and the spaceframe later resurfaced in the Gordon Keeble. Two Warwick prototypes, the 3.5 Litre or GT350, were made in 1961 and featured the light alloy Buick V8 engine that was later taken up by Rover. One was raced in UK in 61 ("75 RBH") and survives, the other was this Sebring entry, fate unknown but raced a bit in US during 61-62.

dsl

◊ 2022-04-22 04:01

More info: "In late 1958 John Gordon and an American pilot stationed in England began a project at the Peerless factory to install a small block Chevy motor into a Peerless. At the same time a wealthy American student at Cambridge John Todd (the driver at Sebring), bought a Peerless which he used for transportation and racing. During one of his visits to the factory, he heard of the V8 project and when Peerless ceased operations Todd convinced Bernie to build a V8 car for him. In return, John loaned money to start Bernard Rodgers Development Ltd. and secured a supply (10) of the new all-aluminium 215 cubic inch Buick motors. .... The only body modifications necessary were to raise the bonnet line by installing the additional nostrils above the normal air intake.....the engine fitted neatly and was over 100 pounds lighter than the TR lump and offered 155 bhp at 4600 rpm in contrast to 100 bhp at 5000 rpm. The Warwick GT350 was announced as an addition to the range in 1961. It’s believed that the first 3 cars were completed around April 1961. Two of them were left hand drive cars and the third was RHD and became the factory demonstrator. The two LHD were shipped by John Todd where he raced one of them between 1961 and 1963. He and his brother Dan even ran the car at Sebring in 1962. The second car was in street form and was sold to a gentleman in Virginia in mid-1961. Exactly how many Warwick GT350’s were produced has never been proven due to lack of factory records. The common belief is that it is somewhere around 4-6." from here (scroll down).

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