Gilbern classic shite

[95 quid Peugeot]

Right we're away, up on lift,

Discounting painting the floor and bunging some new lights in

1 hr in  

Bottle of wine for closest date, of first road blast.

Deffo a DNP

[eddyramrod]

Nice shed!  Nice Gilbern too, what exactly is the programme of events now you've got it in the air?  That might affect my guess...

[95 quid Peugeot]

Bought 1 month ago, not been on the road for 29 years, sound, interior tatty, on ramps because i'm 62yo with fucked knees

[somewhatfoolish]

Your shed is whispering "fill me with a two poster lift please, it's my destiny". Good luck with the chodbothering.

[omegod]

02/08/20 first drive 

[95 quid Peugeot]

Blimey, youve lost

4 minutes ago, omegod said:

02/08/20 first drive 

 

[spartacus]

We might have already been here but do you have a link for that ramp/lift thing.

Is that workshop the one at your place, it's looking mega tidy!

[Mr Laurence]

That looks lovely! Gilberns don’t get the attention they deserve in my opinion. That looks in very impressive condition for a car that hasn’t been used in 29 years.

Wish I had a garage like that ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Are those Mk.1 Scrote tail lights?

[eddyramrod]

May 2021.

[Marina door handles]

Nice looking Gilbern that, good to see Wales' own mini muscle car given some love! 

[Asimo]

September 23rd.

[Sudsprint]

I love these cars. They look like the thuggish twin brother of the Bertone Alfa 2000.

[andy18s]

My old man had 1 of these in the eary 80's

Fitted with a wide arch kit and painted a very vivid bright blue colour,it stood out in a dreary Oswestry

 All the rear lights were tripled as a styling touch and the front spoiler was so low it kept getting cracked and muggins here got the weekly job of filling and painting it

[Tamworthbay]

When do you think it will be finished? Can I add four years to that date and that’s my guess (worked on my Capri)

[JimH]

I know Gilberns are shite. I know they are tacked together, low volume piles of stuff that no one else wanted. I know that the frames were wibbly wobbly things designed by someone who clearly wasn't the best chassis designer in the world and I know that as something to run they would be nothing but trouble. I know all that but I don't believe it. I love Gilberns. I love the fact they are Welsh and I love that they have a dragon on the grille.

Top stuff.

 

[95 quid Peugeot]

10 hours ago, spartacus said:

We might have already been here but do you have a link for that ramp/lift thing.

Is that workshop the one at your place, it's looking mega tidy!

The lift is a AS-0901/3 Automotech (Sorry cant paste link in as using work slaptop) I was looking at a group buy to try and haggle a discount from them, but to be honest customer service was piss poor, I must of mailed them 3-4 times and called with no response, I ended up with this off Ebay, used for one job, and sold on, its surprisingly helpful, I would say, only go for the adjustable one, the price difference between fixed and adjustable is very small.

Yes workshop is the ratty barn behind house,

 

^^^^^^  JimH  I ran them as dailies in the past, I had an estate one and it was first car I did 25K miles in a year without having to fix anything

[inconsistant]

Tomorrow.

[95 quid Peugeot]

I like your optimism 

[dc2100k]

Lovely car 

[jonny69]

Oo, what's that lift thing you've got under it then? Not seen one of those before.

[Bradders59]

I assume its a trick question, so Yesterday. ?

[95 quid Peugeot]

1 hour ago, jonny69 said:

Oo, what's that lift thing you've got under it then? Not seen one of those before.

 

[junkyarddog]

Always liked the styling on these, 

Never seen one in real life though.

Nice car.

[jonny69]

^^ Sorry, I thought I’d read the whole thread, but obviously not because you already answered the question further up!

Have a link: https://www.automotechservices.co.uk/products/09013-adjustable-mobile-tilting-lift/

Pretty spendy but I’ve got a want-on in my trousers now. 

[High Jetter]

How undriveable is it at the moment?

[JimH]

While I appreciate that gentlemen never discuss money what is that car likely to sell for when you tire of it? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, JimH said:

While I appreciate that gentlemen never discuss money what is that car likely to sell for when you tire of it? 

Twenty-five to thirty bags territory,  I'd have thought, at the very least. 

[95 quid Peugeot]

52 minutes ago, JimH said:

While I appreciate that gentlemen never discuss money what is that car likely to sell for when you tire of it? 

They are still ...for a classic not that horrendous on price, i'd be hard pushed to get 8k

[motorpunk]

Why is classic British plastic so undervalued? See also Marcos, Reliant etc.

I once used a picture of a Gilbern in an illustrated children’s book I once wrote that was rejected by Penguin for being “sexist”.