Gordon Keeble GK1. Using a Tortoise on the badge of a high performance car is a bit ironical. However the reason given for its choice is supposedly because a pet tortoise walked across the ground during a publicity photo shoot
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Gordon Keeble - boot badge, showing the infamous Tortoise badge (one walked across in front of the photo shoot) and the Bertone 'b' badge
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Gordon Keeble GK1 - grille
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Gordon Keeble GK1
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Gordon Keeble GK1
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Gordon Keeble GK1. John Gordon had previously worked on Peerless Cars, and started the GK1 on a Peerless Chassis, with help from Jim Keeble. The body was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Bertone and built in fibreglass by Willliams and Pritchard.
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