Ginetta G1

The Ginetta G1 was the first car built by the Walklett brothers, made before Ginetta Cars was founded in 1958. It was a homebuilt special in the manner of the later G2, based on the underpinnings of a pre-war Wolseley Hornet, and the Ginetta Owners Club records it as the very first Ginetta, destroyed against a tree stump. The G1 name was applied only afterwards: the club's history says the first car, which was not destined for production, subsequently became known as the Ginetta G1. Only a sketch of it exists and a single car was made, so it is remembered as the starting point of the company's numbered line of road and racing cars rather than as a production model.