Name that car...

[DaiRees]

Who knows what this is then?

[steve_earwig]

Name that car... Alfred?

Would that be a Gilbern Invader?

[smudger110a]

Who knows what this is then?

It is either the gilbern invader or gilbern genie,nice car though,normally sport's a 2.0 cortina or the essex v6 depending on the model.All fibre glass.Ray

[steve_earwig]

http://www.gilbernoc.co.uk/

They stopped making Genies in 1970, that's a 1972/3.

[DaiRees]

That lasted a long time didn't it... Yes it's a Gilbern Invader Mk3

Here's a better pic of one that I took at a car show last year. Is this an Invader or a Genie then?

[DaiRees]

...and another one at the same show , forgot about this one



That makes red, white and green, how appropriate!

[steve_earwig]

That lasted a long time didn't it...

You're asking about cars from a period of time that I don't have to look up the index letters to work out what year they were made (I'm C reg meself )

Is this an Invader or a Genie then?

How the bleedin' 'ell can you tell?

The saloon Invader bodyshell is distinguished from the Genie by different (smaller) rear lights and side vents added to the rear roof pillars. On the bonnet, vents also changed from front to rear facing, albeit that some were fitted with Genie type. All exterior door handles were flush. MkIs and most MkIIs have Gilbern made flush rectangular chrome handles with hidden latch releases but some late MkIIs are fitted with Triumph Stag type, as are nearly all MkIIIs. Other features such as opening front quarter lights and rear side windows may be present on some MkIs but were all fixed on MkIIs.

Hold on, looking at those door handles, it's a Genie.

The best thing about glass fiber-bodied cars is they always look fantastic - right up until the suspension collapses or the engine falls out I seem to recall the Invaders body was cast around the chassis, so you had to do a lot of destructive cutting to get to it.

I have a mate with a passion for Scimitars, where was I on September 11th? With him, driving a 1975 SE5a RS 3.1 spec (with total loss fuel system) up from Cornwall wondering if London was still going to be there when we arrived.

[Welly]

Gilbern Invader Mk3

My friends missus has one of those in black, bought it after they divorced

[steve_earwig]

I take it she got to keep his wallet