UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                NOVEMBER 10, 2003

                DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):


                                PEERLESS MFG. CO.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Texas                           0-5214                75-0724417
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(State or other jurisdiction            (Commission            (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                   File Number)             ID Number)

2819 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas                   75229
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(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)


         Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: 214-357-6181


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

The registrant's earnings release for the first quarter of fiscal 2004, issued
November 10, 2003, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference. This release shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise incorporated
by reference into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly
stated in such filing.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                PEERLESS MFG. CO.


                                    By:  /s/ Richard L. Travis
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                                         Richard L. Travis
                                         Chief Financial Officer


Date: November 10, 2003




                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.       Description
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99.1              Press release dated November 10, 2003 announcing earnings for
                  the first quarter ended September 30, 2003 (furnished and not
                  filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
                  Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and not deemed
                  incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act
                  or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).