Gilbern Cars
From Welshpedia
Gilbern Cars were manufactured in Llantwit Fardre, the Rhondda valley South Wales.
Gilbern was a truly Welsh car company founded at during the late 1950's by the unlikely combination a master butcher and a German engineer: GILes Smith and BERNard Friese.
During 1961-62 cars were built at the rate of about 1 a month with about 5 people in total working at the factory, both Giles and Bernard being heavily involved in the actual building of the cars.
Gilbern produced a total of 1,005 cars made up as -
- GT 202
- Genie 197
- Invader MkI 78
- Invader MkII 212
- Invader MkII Estate 104
- Invader MkIII 212
They ceased trading in March 1974
Credits
The names Gilbern, Genie, Invader and GT badge device are registered trade marks of the Gilbern Owners Club Ltd.
Extracts from The Gilbern Owners Club (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/paul.clark3/gilbern.htm)
