Joanne and Brando Pistorius both insist they never planned to become Peerless experts. They didn’t even have any particular interest in owning one of the classic pre-war machines that were part of the “Three P” trio that also included Packard and Pierce-Arrow.
But when the Tampa, Fla., couple become one of the country’s most prominent collectors of the marque in one fell swoop, well, their learning curve and level of expertise became accelerated just a bit.
Prior to their annual trip north to Hershey, Pa., in 2013 for the big AACA East Region Meet, the couple had owned one Peerless — a 1931 model. After that trip, the couple wound up with five more. That meant that they had owned a half-dozen of the 327 Peerlesses that were known to exist through the registry kept by Peerless enthusiasts.
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