Aug 2

Peerless trucks

What is the general consensus about Peerless trucks? Should i adopt the role of Peerless club pariah? We have been rebuilding the first one of two for some years and are nearly there. The problem is that another project has reared its head which is very exciting and time is always at a premium.

Aug 2, 2026

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· Aug 2

Would love to hear more about the Peerless trucks. I know nothing about them. Were they built primarily for WWI?

Also, you can't be the club pariah. We have too many guys vying for tha role.

· Aug 3

I know Great War Truck! A great promoter of the marque! On the AACA Peerless Forum, under Peerless Trucks, he's sent us some descriptions of incredible things, like how you press on solid tyres for a 4-Ton TC-4 truck. Lots of pics of the engine rebuilding, too. Even Ed from Massachusetts follows his progress on the lorry.

Apparently -- the British Isles are the hotbed of Peerless truck activity these days. Peerless made a hideous amount of money selling these trucks during the war....so it's an important part of the company history.

Image: ...Austalian War Memorial...Description:
"Two unidentified Australian soldiers sitting in the front of a Peerless motor lorry. The truck is marked on the side of the engine with the number '23764'. The Peerless lorry was made by the Peerless Lorry Company in Cleveland, Ohio, and was used considerably on the Western Front. Note the shell damaged buildings in the background."

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· Aug 3

Great post, do share more and educate us. I see the Peerless trucks as a contemporary of the Riker trucks associated with Locomobile. I’ve been reading about the Riker truck contributions during the war effort.
Share more photos of your Peerless truck if you can.

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· Aug 8

I do like the Riker (Locomobile). Very rare a little like the Peerless. A friend picked one up a few years ago in France. Ex US Army for sure.

· Aug 7

Thanks. An all round positive response so i will add some more info as time allows. I was curious as a friend has a Packard truck and joined the Packard club and when he told them that he had a Packard truck the response was "Oh, i am sorry to hear about that".
Peerless trucks are indeed very rare. There is a rumoured survivor in the USA but no photos of it. So, the survivors are one in South Africa, three in Ireland and five in the UK of which we have two and the remains of several others. In 1992 we bought this one and collection of parts. Interestingly, Peerless trucks seem to change hands once the new owner realises the enormity of the task that they have taken on.

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