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Gilbern 1959-1974 - Briton from Wales

Name: Gilbern Invader 1971
Brand: Gilbern

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Created in 2012

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Roger Gloor

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Gilbern Invader (1973) - further refined sports car

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Gilbern Invader, 1971 (V6, 2994 cm3, 128 hp).

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Gilbern 1800 GT (1964) - uses the technology of the MGB

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Gilbern Genie (1969) - elegant and functional

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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Gilbern from Wales is one of these lost brands. Initially, only kits were supplied. After the Gilbern Genie came the Gilbern Invader, which accounted for more than half of all Gilbern produced.

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Great Britain produced a particularly large number of new car brands in the post-war period. But not all of them were created in England; there were also a few from Scotland ... and Gilbern from Wales. Gilbern Sports Cars & Components Ltd was founded in 1959 by Giles Smith and the German GRP specialist Bernhard Friese in Pontypridd, Glamorgan. The first letters of their first names formed the brand name. Initially, only kits were supplied. The beautifully shaped 2+2-seater plastic body, only 381 cm long, was to be mounted on a tubular frame chassis. It was powered by the 948 cc engine from BMC, which produced 68 hp with a supercharger on request, but the 1.1 L sports engine from Coventry Climax was also suitable.

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