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SOUTH AFRICA UNITED KINGDOM

1958-1964

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Glassport Motor Co. (Pty) Ltd was established in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1958 by Bob van Niekirk and Willie Meisner, with styling input from Verster de Witt, a Rootes Group stylist. The pair had worked in England to learn glassfibre construction before returning to design a ladder-frame chassis using tubing adapted from irrigation pipe, mated to modified Ford 100E running gear. Their car, the G.S.M. Dart, used a transverse…

South Africa, United Kingdom · 1958-1964 · Associated with Bob van Niekirk, John Scott, Verster de Wit, Willie Meisner

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