R. Harrington wrote:
>
> Lee Abrahamson, the Toronto collector, always enters his Alfa/GSM as a GSM
> Dart, claiming it has South African history, and that GSM's were called
> "Darts" everywhere but in North America.
> Bob H.
>
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> > From: Jim Hayes <hayes@mediaone.net>
> > To: Vintage Race List <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: GSM Delta
> > Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 1:33 AM
> >
> > 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
Season's Greetings to all
Here's my two cents...and I haven't asked Lee yet. To the best of my
memory (and I've raced against both cars), he has two GSMs..
One a Delta - BMC 948 powered and the other a Dart, with the Alfa
engine.
Mike
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