Jim,
>From what you say, this is not the same car.
Without checking my books, Daimler built thousands of Darts.
There is a strong club for them here in New Zealand.
A 105E engine (even highly tweaked) wouldn't do much justice
to the heavy Dart. Nor would an Alfa engine.
It took every bit of grunt the 140 hp V8 had to get it up to
the magic ton!
The Dart DID have fibreglass body with tail fins on a
big chassis. The body used to squeak as it flexed!
Mark
Jim Hayes wrote:
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> The GSM Delta was a typical Brit special - glass body on tube frame and
> odd body with tail fins. I owned a Ford 105E version but about half had
> Alfa Giulietta engines and gearboxes. My Car Encyclopaedia says 35 were
> built incl. a few fastback coupes in 60-61. A collector in Toronto has
> four of them and occasionally races one with an Alfa drivetrain in VARAC
> and VSCCA (Mt. Tremblant) events.
> Don;t think the name Dart was associated with it.
> Jim
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