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Lola5000
Does anyone have photos of this Repco powered sports car?
pete53
QUOTE (Lola5000 @ Jan 24 2011, 08:02) *
Does anyone have photos of this Repco powered sports car?

I am sure someone out there will come up with something. However, in the meantime, as a point of reference, there are some photos of the car taken at the time it raced (which wasn't very often). Autosport May 6th 1966 has a picture of Brabham at the Oulton TT. Also, "Motor Racing 1966/67" (Motor Racing Magazine's annual) has a photo taken at the same meeting. I know there is another photo in a period magazine that I have but for the moment cannot remember which or where.
Pete
Lola5000
QUOTE (pete53 @ Jan 24 2011, 10:24) *
I am sure someone out there will come up with something. However, in the meantime, as a point of reference, there are some photos of the car taken at the time it raced (which wasn't very often). Autosport May 6th 1966 has a picture of Brabham at the Oulton TT. Also, "Motor Racing 1966/67" (Motor Racing Magazine's annual) has a photo taken at the same meeting. I know there is another photo in a period magazine that I have but for the moment cannot remember which or where.
Pete

I'm told it looked like a wide flared BT8?
pete53
QUOTE (Lola5000 @ Jan 24 2011, 09:33) *
I'm told it looked like a wide flared BT8?

Yes, it is quite similar to the BT8.
pete53
QUOTE (Lola5000 @ Jan 24 2011, 08:02) *
Does anyone have photos of this Repco powered sports car?

I've just remembered where the other picture is. There is very good shot of the car in Anthony Pritchard's book "Specialist British Sports/Racing Cars of the Fifties & Sixties" published by Osprey (page 28).

Apologies if I am telling you what you already know, but the car had a fairly brief competition history, which probably explains the paucity of pictures of the car. It certainly raced at Oulton in the TT in 1966. It was definitely entered in the Gp 7 race at the Silverstone International Trophy meeting but the Motor Sport report makes no mention of the car so I am not sure if it started - it certainly didn't figure in the results. It was also due to race at the Guards Trophy at Brands on the August Bank Holiday but shortly before the start of the first part it suffered a transistor box failure. The Autosport report doesn't say whether Jack got the car going for part 2 but again it certainly didn't feature in the results. And that may well be the sum of Jack's participation with the car - unless someone knows differently?

Not one of Jack Brabham's better efforts, but then again, he was rather preoccupied with winning the F1 World title that year, as well dominating formula 2!
RA Historian
The car was at the Road America Historics once or twice about 20 years ago, give or take. If I recall, it was then owned by Art Valdez. I have some photos of it in my archives somewhere. It did have the Repco V-8 installed.
Tom
Lola5000
Art V still owns it.
Doug Nye


Blackie in the BT17 during its brief run in the 1966 RAC Tourist Trophy race at Oulton Park...

Photo strictly Copyright: The GP Library

DCN
Lola5000
Thankyou Doug.
Bjorn Kjer
Great picture !
Alan Cox
QUOTE (Bjørn Kjer @ Jan 26 2011, 08:28) *
Great picture !

Agreed. Doesn't the unpainted tail section look great - Pure craftsmanship in metal.
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