Mark.
They are definitely not the same car. The GSM Delta/Dart was quite a bit
smaller and lighter than the Daimler SP250/Dart. It appears that GSM,
Daimler and Chrysler were all using the "Dart" name at about the same time
Bob H.
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> From: Mark Donaldson <ardmore@voyager.co.nz>
> To: Vintage Race List <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: GSM Delta
> Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 12:22 AM
>
> 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:
> >
> > 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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