"This car was originally purchased for around $7,000 by an executive with the La Jolla Mining Company in California. After several years of traditional service, it was driven to and parked on their mining site, where it served as the power source for the operation, and was then abandoned for decades. It was left to decay until the 60’s, when a chance encounter with a Horseless Carriage club member who spotted it from the air began the incredible rescue process. It was finally airlifted out of the canyon by helicopter in 1966, and a full restoration was begun by Merl Ledford and finished by Gerald Luckow, including an all new body for the car. Completed in 1984, it was shown at the legendary Pebble Beach Concours that year, and then displayed in a small mining museum until 2008. After a further freshening, the current owner acquired it in January of 2015."
Some breathless copy, courtesy of Heacock Insurance Co., of a 1913 Peerless that's had a few owners. The first time I read about it, the car was in some Columbia River museum in Washington, and remember it had a 100 mph speedometer. Someone in UT owns it now....but the late car collector from Calgary, Ron Carey, owned it at one time, as did Robert Pass, the Off brothers, the Collins brothers and Tom Griffith. Image from 2015 St. John's Concours.
