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Dick Gibson also employed other drivers, under his Equipe Prideaux banner, though not until later. He drove F2-20-57 himself in 1957 F2 events, and the big-engined F2-29-57 in New Zealand at the beginning of 1958. It seems that he and Keith Ballsat shared both cars during the 1958 European season.
It gets complicated after that, as Gibson found success racing in South Africa. He took two cars there in 1959, 1960 and 1961, driving one himself and using a variety of other drivers, mostly locals, in his second car. The picture is further clouded by the fact that he is believed to have sold at least one car in South Africa during this period and replaced it with at least one other, possibly not a T43.
However, for the record, his drivers in South Africa in 1959 were Ballisat, Don Wagner and Derrick Edwards, and in 1960 and 1961 Jimmy Shield. He and Ballisat also continued to race the cars in Europe into 1960, joined in the last year by George Pfaff and Vic Wison.
The car owned and driven in South Africa by Don Philp from late 1960 (with 1660cc engine) is believed to have been an ex-Gibson T43. It subsequently raced sa the Quadra-Climax and was also driven in South Africa by Tony Maggs.
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