Not an "unlikely" place, just his home town where he was a BUTCHER
He built it with help from a nother local who worked in fibreglass company intending just to make the one car. The "local" was Friese an ex-POW German.
It was when by chance Peter Cottrell a known local race driver saw and tested the car that he convinced them they had a winner and should go into production.
In 1961 a site for production was purchased with a loan of £700 from Giless father, it had formerly been the location of the Red Ash Colliery but had not operated since 1921.
During 1961-62 cars were built at the rate of about 1 a month with about 5 people in total working at the factory, both Giles and Bernard being heavily involved in the actual building of the cars.
Approx 1,005 Gilberns were made, of which over 500 are still on the road.
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'