Glass Sports Motor

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Glass Sports Motor Co. (Pty) Ltd.

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legal form Limited
founding 1958
resolution 1966
Seat Cape Town , South Africa
management Bob van Niekerk
Branch Automobiles

Glass Sports Motor or Glassport Motor Co. was a South African automobile manufacturer .

history

Bob van Niekerk founded the company in Cape Town in 1958 . The production of automobiles began. The brand name was GSM . One source states that production ended in late 1962 and started in January 1963 in the new company GSM Pty. Ltd. in the Cape Town district of Paarden Eiland . Production ended in 1966.

According to the GSM Club , 266 vehicles were built in South Africa.

Models

Darts

Glass Sports Motor Dart at Retro Classics 2019

The first model was the dart . The designer was Verster de Witt. A ladder frame formed the basis. An open two-seater body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. In addition, some coupés have survived. Various four-cylinder engines from Ford , Coventry Climax and Alfa Romeo powered the vehicles.

The GSM Cars branch in West Malling , England , manufactured this model from 1960 to 1961 as GSM Delta .

In the 1990s, Dart Engineering made a replica of the dart.

flamingo

In 1962 the flamingo added to the range. This was a hatchback coupe with a two-part rear window, also designed by de Witt. Initially an engine from the Ford Taunus with 1700 cm³ capacity drove the vehicles, later an engine from the Ford Cortina with 1500 cm³ capacity.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter GSM
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 652. (English)
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 133. (English)

Web links

Commons : Glass Sports Motor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter GSM
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 133. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 652. (English)
  4. ↑ GSM Dart and Flamingo on cartorque.co.za (English, accessed on July 10, 2016)