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Solved - NEH 1176: GSM Delta Sebring Coupe
« on: July 05, 2011, 07:50:20 AM »
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Re: NEH 1176
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2011, 06:26:27 AM »
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Re: NEH 1176
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2011, 10:06:19 AM »
triumph spitfire with special bodywork
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Re: NEH 1176
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2011, 10:35:45 AM »
Quote from: shamrock on July 17, 2011, 10:06:19 AM
triumph spitfire with special bodywork

Not a Triumph.
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Re: NEH 1176
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2011, 04:42:17 AM »
This is a GSM 'Sebring' Coupe.  It was a one-off built by the British GSM factory with the intention of racing at Sebring, and originally had a Ford 998cc engine.
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Re: NEH 1176
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2011, 05:51:27 AM »
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Re: NEH 1176
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2011, 06:24:51 AM »
The march towards oblivion continues...!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1176: GSM Delta Sebring Coupe
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2011, 03:14:26 PM »
GSM (originally from South Africa)  produced the GSM Dart which was later renamed the Delta because of complaints from another company (Dodge?) who had the rights to the name "Dart".

You say this was produced "at the British GSM factory" so surely it must be a different company and hence not a "Delta".  Or did GSM also make cars in Brirtain?
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Re: Solved - NEH 1176: GSM Delta Sebring Coupe
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2011, 03:21:24 PM »
Yes, the cars were produced in Britain in the early 1960s, they were only called Delta in England, in South Africa they were allowed to use the Dart name. The British operation was nowhere near as successful as the S.A company and folded after a year or so and less than 100 cars were built.
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Re: Solved - NEH 1176: GSM Delta Sebring Coupe
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2011, 11:01:19 AM »
Thanks, that clears up my confusion.
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Barrett's 1004
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2019, 11:35:15 AM »
What is this car? A point if you know, and a bonus point if you can provide concrete information about who built it
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Re: Barrett's 1004
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2019, 07:24:38 AM »
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Re: Barrett's 1004
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2019, 07:53:54 AM »
GSM Delta
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Re: Barrett's 1004
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2019, 08:07:02 AM »
It has been on before as NEH 1176: GSM Delta Sebring Coupe where the conclusion was that it was works built.
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Re: Barrett's 1004
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2019, 04:37:51 AM »
Correct! I had forgotten it had been solved, even though it was me who solved it...

A point for Toby - can somebody please merge this with: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2011-39/solved-neh-1176-gsm-delta-sebring-coupe/msg170725/#msg170725
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