Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Pilbeam ya shafe yawancin rayuwarsa a Yammacin London, kuma ba shi da sha'awar tseren motoci har sai ya halarci gasar Grand Prix ta 1958 a Jami'ar Bristol. A shekara ta 1959, ya gina karamar motar motsa jiki wacce shi da kansa ya yi gasa da ita, amma ba tare da samun nasara ba. Duk da haka wani zane na baya da kuma haɗin gwiwa tare da kulob din kulob din Tony Gould ya kawo nasara a cikin aji. A cikin 1963, ya shiga BRM a matsayin injiniyan damuwa. Ya taimaka wajen gina da kuma zane na P67 yayin da yake har yanzu da wani almajiri da kuma ainihin zane ne yawanci yaba wa Tony Rudd. Motar, wanda Richard Attwood ya tuka, an shigar da ita don
1964 Birtaniya Grand Prix a Brands Hatch amma an janye bayan horo. Ba a sake yin wani bayyanar ba har zuwa 1968, lokacin da ya bayyana a cikin abubuwan hawa dutse, wanda Peter Westbury ya fara tukawa sannan daga baya Peter Lawson kuma ya kasance na'urar cin nasara. Bayan watsi da aikin P67, Pilbeam ya yi aiki a kan injin BRM H16, yana taimakawa wajen inganta shi har zuwa inda Jim Clark ya sami damar lashe gasar Grand Prix ta Amurka ta 1966 tare da Lotus 43-BRM.