New Member requires lots of info

[Fareham GT]

Dear Speed Weed,

Sorry that you are feeling unloved down in France, please remember we are a club of only 350 members of which only about 80 are registered for this Forum, if you would like to know anything about your car historically or mechanically then please feel free to contact the appropriate Historian or Technical adviser as listed inside the front and rear cover of the Rarebit, they will only be too happy to help.

Brian Gent
GT Historian & Technical Adviser
GOC New Spares Department

[rocketman]

Hello Rob,

Apologies for not responding earlier, it must have been one of those rare occasions when personal life overtook my Gilbern existence! As you will have noticed we even talk to those criminal types from 'Down Under', so residing in France should not be a problem and you can even contemplate a nice drive to future Gilbern Events in the UK. What triggered your interest in Gilbern's are you an exiled Welshman? Is your car on the road or are you still trying to fit the 2CV engine? I have driven my Mk1 over to France three times so far, the first trip was down to the Riviera and the Italian Border in 1978, four years a go we attended the Le Mans Classic with 2 Invaders and a couple of years ago we went from Calais up through Belgium and Germany to attend the Schloss Dyke Classic Event, near Monchengladbach. I'am now completing my second total Gilbern rebuild, first the Mk1 and currently a Mk3. and Usually ready to provide help or Info via the Blog!

Best regards, Stuart.

[speed weed]

Hehe
Hello at last it's good to get my moan off my chest and you are out there,
Mets is more easy to get ,use it at fuel on the rallies ! G,genie lol how's oz looking at the mo.
Hey rocketman no not from Wales originally a Kent boy Leeds Castle area.
Had a accident repair and restoration garage back in Uk sold up and took early retirement now a hobby with time to enjoy.
I bought a mobile ramp of Ebay and went to collect it's then I found out about the genie the guy who owned the ramp was Peter Robinson a ex Gibern chairman I believe he also has a Gt in process and said he would not get round to restoring the genie again due unfortunately I'll health,the rest is history.
Going to restore and use for hill climbing and road rallies out here but I need to finish my other 6 first.!
Problem being people get to know I can paint and repair hence ( can you just do mine)
A big hello to Brian and Grahame .
On anther subject has any one got or know where I can gat a 65 skoda 1000 ore stele distributor ?
A bientot
Rob

[Greybags]

best place for old parts has to be the big Autojumble at Beaulieu in September.. I know a lot of members go as I usually meet a load of them there..

Obviously a long way from France, but expect someone that is going would look out for the parts you want while they are there...

Love to see some pictures of the car "collection", and as for the Skoda ... How about a 66

http://classiccars.com/listings/find/1965-1967/skoda/1000-mb

Grahame