Basil Green Motors
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Basil Green Motors is a former car manufacturer and rallye team who is located in Edenvale, Gauteng
near Johannesburg
, South Africa
. Currently the company is active as a dealer of Ford and Mazda
vehicles.
The company was founded in 1967 by Mr. Basil Green. They started as an tuner for Ford vehicles. Later they had assembled some Ford models. The 1973 Ford Granada Perana V8 was one of Lee Iacocca
s favorite vehicles.
Edenvale, Gauteng
Edenvale is a town on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. It started out in 1903, after the Anglo Boer War as a small settlement named Rietfontein which sprung up around the Rietfontein Gold Mine. It was made a municipality in 1942. It was initially populated by Cornish mineworkers. Modern...
near Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Currently the company is active as a dealer of Ford and Mazda
Mazda
is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...
vehicles.
The company was founded in 1967 by Mr. Basil Green. They started as an tuner for Ford vehicles. Later they had assembled some Ford models. The 1973 Ford Granada Perana V8 was one of Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca is an American businessman known for engineering the Mustang, the unsuccessful Ford Pinto, being fired from Ford Motor Company, and his revival of the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s...
s favorite vehicles.
Movies
- Ford Capri Perana V8 at a 1/4 mile run on the Santa Pod RacewaySanta Pod RacewaySanta Pod Raceway, in Northamptonshire, England, opened at Easter in 1966, is Europe's first permanent drag racing venue. It was built on a disused World War II American air base, RAF Podington, once used by the 92nd Bomber Group. It is now the home of European drag racing and has grown...