Glass Sport Motors

Glassport Motor Company (GSM) daa nyɛla  South African moto nima balibu shee din be Cape Town bini din gbaai yuuni 1958 mini 1964.Bani m-mali "Dart" mini "Flamingo sports cars". Di yuli Glass Sport Motors yim na bɛ ni mali kalo nima maani la. GSM chɛ bela ni di lahi pa South Africa nima lɔra nima malibu shee din do zuɣusaa, GRP Protea nima n du m-ba,Dart, Flamingo mini Protea nyɛla din ni tooi nya Franschhoek Motor Museum din be South Africa.

 Taarihi 
Bob van Niekerk mini Willie Meissner n daa pili lala kompini ŋɔ yuuni 1958  Meissner ni daa chaŋ England n ti lu ni "fiberglass" nyaaŋa, tabiibi baŋsi palli lala saha. O daa sabi gbaŋ n-ti van Niekerk ni o kana England n ti bɔhim kalo nima tuma m-pahi. Bɛ daa gbuni kpalanzuya ni South African designer Verster de Wit (ŋun daa tumdi Sunbeam Alpine tuma) ŋun daa soŋ ba ka bɛ mali bɛ tuuli loori nahingbaŋ ka wuhiba nahingbaŋ malibu soya. Bɛ niriba ayi ŋɔ daa laɣim nyɛ nahingbaŋ din lu n-zahim ka daa mali li. Bɛ daa mali la yini ka kohi li England ni Bob zaŋ ni chaaji labi South Africa.O South Africa labbu ni, bɛ daa mali "prototypes of the GSM Dart" din nyɛ tuuli. GSM's daa kɔhiori mi n-tiri South Africa mini England koŋko amaa di pam daa ŋmani la Canada malibu.

 The Dart 
Dart n daa nyɛ GSM's tuuli malibu. Loori maa daa mali la "engine" nima balibu n-ti pahi Coventry Climax Ford Anglia 100E mini 105E ka lahi mali "4 fitted" mini Alfa Romeo 1300cc units ka di be dariga ni spirinji di tooni ka mali nyaaŋa spiriji nima din gurim. 
Lora maa daa mali la kalo kuɣisi dibaa ayi din yooi,a maa bɛ daa ti mali di zuɣusa ka di kpɛma ka amli nyaaŋa takɔri daliŋ ka Fords gba daa naan yi yina.
Din daa lahi pahi shɛŋa n-nyɛ Alfa Romeo S.V. engines. Ernest Pieterse n daa nyɛ tuuli ban tɔɣisi ni bɛ mali lala ŋmali ŋɔ. Ka bɔri maʒini zaŋ Nine Hours Race (S.A.'s classic sports-car race), ka bɛ ni daa yan nyaŋli Porsche Carreras, Ernestdaa da la Dart mini birechi kpuladin saɣisi li, Alfa S.V.+ engine, etc. Lala Nine Hours Race ŋɔ ni, lala loori ŋɔ n-daa kuli be tooni amaa ka daa ti gbarigi ka o birechi nima yiligi kom. Di daa chɛ ka John Love's Carrera be tooni amaa ka di daa zan, bee n labi nyaaŋa, ka Dart shɛli din mali 1,100-c.c. "Climax engine" daa gari tooni nine hours nyaaŋa. Yuuni 1959 n-daa bala. Tum din saha Porsche Spyders mini Lotus Fifteens n-nyɛ bɛ ni mali shɛli n-kuri Nine Hours bukaata.

Pos.No.DriversCarEntrantDistance (km)Pos.Gr.Div.1st6Carrington / FergussonGSM Dart ClimaxH. M. Carrington922.9591stS2.0Sports2nd13van der Merwe / van HeerdenPorsche 356 SpeedsterS. D. van der Merwe908.7971stGT+1.5G.T.3rd2Mennie / WrightMGA Twin-Cam mod.G. E. Mennie882.2422ndS2.0Sports4th3Fraser Jones / FergussonPorsche 550 RS SpyderTeam Porsche877.8973rdS2.0Sports5th15Wilson / WilsonVolvo SportO. G. Wilson875.3221stT2.0N.S.P.T.C.6th12Pieterse / LupiniAlfa Romeo Giulietta SprintContinental Cars867.5972ndT2.0N.S.P.T.C.7th16Boyden / LupiniVolvo SportH. C. Boyden866.1493rdT2.0N.S.P.T.C.8th24Bramley / CelliersSimca MontlhéryRillstone Motors827.6864thT2.0N.S.P.T.C.9th26Lennox / BeerstecherSimca MontlhéryRillstone Motors818.6735thT2.0N.S.P.T.C.10th22Theobald / SmithSaab 93 GTTruck & Car, Vereeniging815.4551stGT1.0G.T.11th21Langmuss / FrisbySaab 93 GTTruck & Car, Vereeniging811.2702ndGT1.0G.T.12th25Woodley / AustinSimca MontlhéryRillstone Motors6thT2.0N.S.P.T.C.13th8Gous / LovePorsche 356 CarreraD. S. Gous800.3271stGT1.5G.T.14th23Burford / PorterFiat 1200Lucys Motors793.8891stT1.25N.S.P.T.C.15th4Pieterse / BosmanGSM Dart Alfa RomeoE. Pieterse785.6824thS2.0Sports16th20Gilinsky / AukemaSaab 93 GTTruck & Car, Vereeniging760.5763rdGT1.0G.T.17th28Porter / ReevesFiat 1100Lucys Motors740.2982ndT1.25N.S.P.T.C.5Lupini / PheifferAlfa Romeo Giulietta SpiderScuderia LupiniSports7Sacke / HumphriesMGA Twin-CamPremier St. GarageG.T.9van Niekerk / Meissner

Bɛ daa mali la Dart ŋɔ West Malling, Kent, England by GSM Carsluɣishɛli bɛ ni daa booni li GSM Deltadini daa niŋ ka 'Dart' rijisiti n-ti Chrysler,  Daimler Dart gba daa taɣi li yuli.

 The Flamingo 
Flamingo coupé nyɛla GSM ni daa mali shɛli yuuni 1962. Bɛ niya zaŋ maŋli daa nyɛla bɛ zaŋ "Ford V6" din kani na ku bukaata amaa ka daa bi nyali bɛ ni bɔri saha shɛli ka 1.7-litre Ford Taunus engine daa ti li buɣim ka 1.5-litre Ford Cortina (non-crossflow) engine daa naan yi ti tili. Amaa di mini li nyɛla nahingbaŋ yini, Flamingo nyɛla loori din be di ko.

Ban su li n-nyɛ Gordon Murray ŋun mali 1964 shɛhirili.

 Di ŋmaya 
Yuuni 1980s di ŋmaya din yuli booni Levy Darts nyɛla by Jeff Levy ni daa mali shɛli ka ban daa mali li yini soŋ o, Verster de Wit. Yuuni 1990s di ŋmali din daa yina Hayden Dart II nahingbaŋ gba daa nyɛla bɛ ni mali shɛli; din bɔŋɔ nima na kuli nyɛla bɛ ni maani shɛŋa ka bɔri nahigban pali n-niŋdi di nyaŋa. Engine nima nyɛla din mali balibu ni GSM's: the Kent 1600 n-ti pahi Toyota 4A-GE n-nyɛ din yoli, amaa di mali shɛhira ni Mazda Rotary Turbo, Toyota 4A-GZE, ni engine nima din pahi.

 Kundivihira 

 External links 

 The GSM club website 
 The GSM section of Bob van Niekerk's website
 Franschhoek Motor Museum Flamingo
 Franschhoek Motor Museum Dart

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