Gilbern GT 1800 (1963)

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Carbs been fully stripped, rebult, new hoses etc

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[elanfan]

Great project!

My wife’s uncle trimmed the first Gilberns! Very talented chap. Eventually set up a trimming business in Jersey working on yachts and boats. Retrimmed my Colin Chatman steering wheel for me - fantastic job it was too.

Where in Cardiff are you? I am too.

Make sure you insure it for AD, fire and theft laid up

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Engine abs box out as one

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The car is safe and well, it’s in a locked / gated block near Whitchurch. I understand the trim was made in Whitchurch for the factory, how true that is I dont know.

It will be going green inside eventually. With grey carpet

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Not much left!

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Rear seats now found, mix of later seat ( bottom) early seat (top) and door cards, center console

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Missing the battery box in the boot

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Engine bay currently.
Cleaned up, note the large home on Passanger inner wing, badly bodged into fitted battery tray.
Iv had a brand new inner wing made via the owners club fri the original mold. Probably the first one since 1966!

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New inner wing

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Are you OK fabricating fibreglass stuff or have your own contact? If not I know someone who can probably help. He makes Lotus body shells.

Edited by elanfan on Sunday 7th November 11:06