Around the World

Today Gilberns of all models can be found in many countries around the world, and new cars are still being discovered (some as a direct response to this page). Although, to what extent there location is due to any company export plan is largely uncertain as no company records now survive.

The only factory export arrangements for which there is any evidence are:

  • An American dealership existed in early days of production that imported an unknown number of GTs to the American continent.
  • A Europe dealership was set up with a Dutch importer after Mk3 Invaders were exhibited at the 1973 Amsterdam Car Show.

    • Beyond this, which models and how many left for foreign shores can only be guessed at and there are rumours of cars having left the factory to be completed elsewhere under licence. There is one particular the story of a quantity of crated Mk3s stranded in Malta while on route further east, either when the factory went into liquidation or one of the failed rescue attempts. It is known that a number of cars have certainly been exported privately, either by the current or previous owners and most of these are known to the club.

    Any information regarding these, dealerships and/or Gilberns in other countries, please contact me. E-mail me here:

    Europe

    Austria

    Cars Known:

  • GT C100243
    • Pictures or reports of these cars would be appreciated

    Belgium

    Pictured: Michel De Malsche's Mk2 IN1300 under going restoration. A private export it last carried a British registration SV252K and was purchased in England then driven back Belgium for restoration.

    Cars Known:

  • GT - B100102, B100161
  • Mk2 - IN1300
  • Mk3 - LH002
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    Channel Islands

    Photographed in June 1985, this car is now being restored.

    Cars Known:

  • GT B100208
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    Denmark

    Cars known to be in Denmark: Are Peter Stroehemann's racing GT, reported by himself and others as competing in classic events.

    It appears to be a righthand drive car but the chassis no. is not known.

    Cars Known:

  • GT B100108
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    France

    Cars known to be in France:

  • GT B100120, B100145 (photo right), B100220

    • Germany

    Cars known to be in Germany:

  • Genie - G1160
  • Estate - IN1260
  • Estate - IN1360
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    Holland

    The Dutch connection was the centre of Gilbern's European exports for the Mk3 Invader but other models have also reached the low countries.

    Cars known

  • GT - B10056, C100258
  • Mk2 - IN1136
  • Estate - IN1231 (photo right)
  • Mk3 - LH001, LH003, LH005, LH006, M30194

    • (LH006 was written off in a fire in 1986)

    Ireland

    Cars known to be in Ireland:

  • GT - B100023, B100231
  • Mk3 - M30014
    		• Pictures or reports of these cars would be appreciated

    Italy

    Cars known or thought to be in Italy:

  • Mk2 - IN1322 Picture or report would be appreciated
  • Mk3 - M30195

    • Norway

    In recent years ethusiasts have exported at least two cars, one of which was bought in England and driven back to it's new home.
    Cars known
  • GT - B100156
  • Genie - G1019 .
    		•  Pictures or reports of these cars would be appreciated

    Spain

    Pictures or reports of this car would be appreciated Now with a club member - A lefthand drive GT (C100254) in Madrid.

    Club records show no information for this chassis no. the only lhd GTs were thought to be in the USA and no Gilberns were known of in Spain

    Sweden

    Pictures or reports of these cars would be appreciated Known cars

  • Switzerland

    Left is Bruno Meier's superbly restored Mk3 M30044 in Switzerland, although this a right hand drive model.
    There are a number of left hand drive export model Mk3s with LH### chassis nos. a legacy of an eleventh hour deal following the 1973 Amsterdam Car Show.

    Cars known to be in Switzerland are:

  • GT - B100129, B100144, B100149, B100166, B100209
  • Mk3 - M30044, LH004 &LH007

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    The Wider World

    Australia

    		 Pictured right is Angela Hervey-Tennyson's GT1800 currently undergoing extensive restoration.
    Cars known are:
  • GT 1800 - B100107, B100175, B100217, B100221, B100234, C100257
  • Genie - G1107
  • Mk1 - IN1378
  • Mk3 - M30048, M30137

    • How these cars came to reach Australia is not certain, except for the Genie and IN1378 which were private exports in 1997 & 1998 respectively.

    Received via email from a visitor to this page.

    This picture shows Mk3 Invader chassis no. M30048 in rather a sorry state, but is one of only two Mk3s thought to have reached Australia, the other is M30137

    When photographed in autumn 1998 the car was in Melbourne at which time it had had least three owners in Australia and carried a New South Wales state-based registration number NVO128 of ten years previous.

    		Pictured right, on the local BRONTE bash close to home in the Easter suburbs - Sydney, is Brian Ainsby's Mk2 known as 'Gilbert' to the family

    Although the image is small Gilbert is obviously a late Mk2 as evidenced by the Mk3 type Triumph Stag.doorhandles

    Canada

    		 There are known to be two Mk2 Invaders in Canada, one in the Ontario area and one in Bowen Island BC, plus a Genie that has recently emigrated to Calgary.
  • Mk2 - IN1112, IN1199
  • Genie -G1036
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    Hong Kong

    HKMK1 Photo 'top right' provided by a visitor to this page, is Mk1 IN1022 reg: AY 3710 of retired member Peter Williams, acting as a gate sentinel to a Hong Kong scrapyard.
    Main Picture - Now saved and being installed in the workshop of new owner Richard Hawkins to be restored.

    Cars known are:
  • Mk1 - IN1022
  • Mk3 - M30021
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    New Zealand

    Pictures or reports of these cars would be appreciated It has only become apparent since 1998, through response to this page, that any cars had reached New Zealand. We are now aware of at least two GTs, one originally exported to Canada probably via the American dealer, before being privately imported by the current owner. There is also rumour of others yet to be identified.

    Cars known: GT - B100139

    Singapore

  • Mk3 - M30018
    • - with a current member     		Pictures or reports of this car would be appreciated

    South Africa

    Reported GT sighted nr Johannesburg 1998ish nothing since Pictures or reports of this car would be appreciated

    USA

    		 The only model exported to America through a dealership was GT. The exact number of cars exported is not known but only a few are thought to still exist mainly in the east coast states and New England.

    Cars known are:

  • GT - B100121, \B100122, B100123, B100140, B100146, B100152, B100198,
  • Genie - G1014, G1085
  • Mk2 - IN1091
  • Estate - IN1321
  • Mk3 - not known (last known in Miami)
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    This photo is quite old but from recent correspondants.
    This Genie is shown on arrival with a new owner in Southern Ohio for some much need ed TLC
    (Oct. 2008).
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