Gilbert the Gilbern, a delightful little MGB-powered club racer.

The brainchild of GILes Smith and BERNard Friese, the Gilbern GT was sufficiently developed to be exhibited at the Racing Car Show for the first time in January 1961 Just 202 GTs were built with the most common being the 1800GT which utilised the MGB ‘three-bearing’ engine, gearbox and overdrive, front suspension and rear axle 'Gilbert the Gilbern' was a long-term favourite of Mike's and was raced extensively throughout the UK and Europe MSA/HTP papers valid 31/12/2025–Period F–1962 – 1965.

Competition GT Equipe GTS/Historic Roadsports/Cloth Cap and Spa Six Hours/Gentleman Drivers eligible Superbly prepared Doug Smith (MG Motorsport) 1845cc endurance race engine with close ratio straight cut gearbox, spare gearboxes, spare wheels and tyres and also a spare rear differential The full specification is available upon request Recorded on HPI as a 'Category D Insurance loss - damaged repairable' in 2004 Viewing is highly rec...