Gilbern
Sign in to saveGilbern, Gilbern Sports Cars (Components) Ltd, was a Welsh car manufacturer from 1959 to 1973, based in Llantwit Fardre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.
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It sits within the topics 1959 establishments in Wales, 1973 disestablishments in Wales and British companies disestablished in 1973.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- automobile manufacturer
- Headquarters
- Llantwit Fardre
- Industry
- automotive industry
- Legal form
- private company limited by shares
- Image
- Gilbern GT1800.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gilbern vehicles
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1973-04-00
- inception
- 1959-00-00
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- History
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- Gilbern Genie
- Gilbern Invader
- T11 Concept
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Gilbern, Gilbern Sports Cars (Components) Ltd, was a Welsh car manufacturer from 1959 to 1973, based in Llantwit Fardre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.
==History== Gilbern Sports Cars (Components) Ltd was founded by Giles Smith (previously a butcher, who died in 2003) and Bernard Friese, a German engineer with experience in glass fibre mouldings, and was one of the few cars to be made in Wales. Friese had made a one-off car for himself and the two partners used this as the basis for the first Gilbern car. The premises were a tiny workshop in Church Village, Pontypridd but when production started the business moved to a new location at the old Red Ash Colliery at nearby Llantwit Fardre. The cars were available at first only as kits but later complete cars were also available.
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