Jack Brabham - 50 years on...

to hard as if I'm going to give ASIC my hard earned money for a search.

They run a stockcar race here in Adelaide a bit like that too,,,,,, Clipsal

kento11--What the devil are those yellow things slung around Jack's neck?

kento11--What the devil are those yellow things slung around Jack's neck?

Phil Irvings rags from the overnight session of working on a Repco motor?

Edited by malbear, 18 December 2011 - 02:02.

For others like me who missed it, a download available here:

http://www.abc.net.a...ers/default.htm

Edited by Wirra, 14 May 2012 - 05:20.

Good luck with it Mal

thanks Niel,
they still haven't paid any court costs

Well said Mr L.......its soooooo yesterday.

Can you guys email each other because I don't think anyone else is interested.

I think most of us want to get this thread back to what Stephen (Cooper997) intended when he started it - celebrate the achievements of Australia's greatest racing driver.

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http://www.jack-brabham-engines.com/ seems to have dropped all refferances to jack brabham engines Ltd save for this one .
I wonder why

Some people just can't take a hint can they?

Some people just can't take a hint can they?

Other genuine motoring enthusiasts have said it and yet they still waffle on...

I started this thread in late 2009 to celebrate the achievements of a great Australian and a man of huge standing in the world of motor sporting endeavour - Sir Jack Brabham.

You malbear & your buddy Neilr have simply chosen to downgrade this thread to suit the axe you two have to grind. Yes you do indeed have a right to free speech. But your comments have nothing constructive for the genuine enthusiasts who visit The Nostalgia Forum. Most usually visit here (and other threads for that matter) to be reminded, do research or indeed to add their own personal experiences to Jack's and so many others who've chased their dream in motor sport. So I cordially ask you to take that axe some place else!

Stephen

Hear, bloody, hear.

Hello TNF'ers,

I wanted to share with you an article I found by accident, which describes the way that, already in his active years, Jack Brabham was underestimated, undeservedly. Read it here.

Quite an astonishing read. It's from 1966.

Edited by gkennedy, 20 June 2013 - 10:52.

From P109 of "All But My Life"
...he's a superior mechanic-driver, and, as you know, a former champion of the world. Jack shows little emotion, he seems to approach driving as a job. He is something like a painter who can produce a Picasso that one can't tell from the original - if he has the original to work from.

Jack's a careful driver, and quite smooth for the most part. When he does get roused you can see it at once: he reverts to the mannerisms of the Australian dirt tracks he grew up on. He starts to move up on the steering wheel, and the tail of the car begins to hang out in the corners. That means old Jack has decided to get on with it, and the hell with finesse.

If there's much of the race left he'll often scrub the tyres. He'll have a go. You remember when he first came up, there was a gag: 'Here comes Jack Brabham round the bend' and the answer was: 'Oh? Which end of the car is first this time?'

He's building a car of his own now, as you know, and I can't think of many things that would make me happier than to see him have a really tremendous world-wide success with it.

The finest race I've seen Jack do was possibly Warwick Farm in Australia this year, 1963. He really drove to win. I was glad to see it. Jack's a generous, good-hearted man. One time in New Zealand I had a half-shaft break, Jack had a spare and he gave it to me. He'd have helped put it in if I'd asked him. He knew I might beat him with it - as it turned out, I did - but that wouldn't make any difference to him.

Stirling Moss

Edited by Ray Bell, 21 June 2013 - 23:17.

Edited by austmcreg, 22 June 2013 - 13:24.

I've deliberated on this matter and also benefitted from the input of a respected colleague.

Providing the gentlemanly conduct continues and that old material doesn't repeatedly get re-posted, the thread is now re-opened.

Stuart,

As a long term forum member I'm uncomfortable with this. Is Malbear banned from posting ? If so, on what basis ? He / she seems to believe that he/she has a problem in collecting cash that he/ she feels they are owed based on a court decision . If I was he or she I would take exactly the same attitude in widely publicising the failure to comply with the court's decision.

As my wife said earlier on, lot's of this dishonest sh!t going on in F1, isn't there ? For years & years was my response

Chris

Stuart,

As a long term forum member I'm uncomfortable with this. Is Malbear banned from posting ? If so, on what basis ? He / she seems to believe that he/she has a problem in collecting cash that he/ she feels they are owed based on a court decision . If I was he or she I would take exactly the same attitude in widely publicising the failure to comply with the court's decision.

As my wife said earlier on, lot's of this dishonest sh!t going on in F1, isn't there ? For years & years was my response

Chris

Thankyou Chris.
I have an aluminium toy racing car given to me by my father in the early 60s for my birthday . It was made by the now defunct firm Castaloy.
does anyone else have one?

I have an aluminium toy racing car given to me by my father in the early 60s for my birthday . It was made by the now defunct firm Castaloy.
does anyone else have one?

Rob... that race at Longford was probably the greatest race ever run in Australia. It certainly was the greatest race I ever saw and I recognise that Jack's hard-won second place was especially creditable when it's considered that he was pushed off the track in the closing laps and had to come back like gang-busters to achieve that.

Do you know of any lap charts, notes or comprehensive reports on the event?

Edited by austmcreg, 22 June 2013 - 13:28.

I don't recall Autosport ever carrying lap charts of Tasman series races but the memory may be failing. May? Ha!