British Cars

[GardenGerald]

Hello
Anyone seen or driven a Hendrickson. Hand made in Pembrokeshire but nearly all went to the USA.
Gerald.

[frederick]

There was also a Gilbern GT made in the Rhondda valley South Wales.

[countrylad]

Countrylad wasn't that the one driven by John Cobb ?

Scipio, been thinking since my last post. Was this the car that Richard Noble had something to do with? (apologies if I am repeating myself)

[countrylad]

Countrylad, I have just stumbled across that Sprite I restored, on Youtube "Spridget50 The Big Party - Event." Second car in at 17 seconds with my daughter driving. It's on others also, been on there 9 years and I didn't know.

Ironside, it great when you find something like that from the past.  [size=78%] [/size]

[countrylad]

Hello
Anyone seen or driven a Hendrickson. Hand made in Pembrokeshire but nearly all went to the USA.
Gerald.

Gerald, never heard of them before. I did see a Bristol car today though. I'm Not much up on Bristol models so  not sure of the model, but had a single spot light in the grill.

[countrylad]

There was also a Gilbern GT made in the Rhondda valley South Wales.

There was also the Gilbern Invader, I think these were all fiberglass and had Ford V6 engines.

[roy one]

any body remember this big baby from the 1950 this one is a v8 snipe 1952

[roy one]

  invader mark 3

[baz]

I remember that petrol guzzler from my childhood. The mascot had a little rubber beak.





any body remember this big baby from the 1950 this one is a v8 snipe 1952

[jamesm]

Yes I remember the little bird. My dad and grandad both worked for Wilmott Breedon who used to polish and chrome the mascots, badges, bumpers, etc for most of the british car industry. My grandad had a set of ashtrays made for him at work, each one had a little bird with a rubber beak mounted on them

[ironside]

I just love those Snipes, there was a couple of chauffeur driven ones around town when I was a kid. What used to intrigue me was the rear lights were red in spite of having clear lenses. Saw one at a Post Vintage Humber Car Club meet. The owner had just purchased it and drove to the show, he was asking where the petrol filler was. I asked about the coat of arms on the door, he said it had been owned by a titled person, but he didn’t know who, he had bought it from a third party. It was absolutely pristine, still had leather gaiters around the rear road springs. Ironically the one next door was owned by a young Dutchman, his father said he had acquired it from a scrap yard, and scoured Europe for spare parts and spent many a night in his garage till 4 am.