Swebe F3 car (merged)
#1
Posted 05 January 2004 - 16:42
Sometimes regarded as a Brabham clone, here the car can be seen without its bodywork.
Sven Andersson and Bengt Peterson (as we know as Ronnie's father) built the cars in Örebro, Sweden.
The correct spelling of "Swebe" can also be noted on the steering wheel. The birthplace "Örebro" can also be read. Sometimes you can find the spelling "Svebe" in various sources. David Hodges has it wrong but Bernard Cowdrey has it correct.
Link to the images here.
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#2
Posted 05 January 2004 - 20:33
I have this afternoon looked in all swedish magazins from 1966, looking for a picture of Ecurie Swiss Cooper-BRM T82 and "Kanonloppet" and among other pictures I "discovered" the photos and the report about the SWEBE.
Torgny
#3
Posted 05 January 2004 - 21:35
#4
Posted 06 January 2004 - 00:06
Originally posted by Rainer Nyberg
.....Sometimes regarded as a Brabham clone, here the car can be seen without its bodywork.
Sven Andersson and Bengt Peterson (as we know as Ronnie's father) built the cars in Örebro, Sweden.....
Just as a matter of interest, you might like to have this snippet of information... I've posted it before ( http://forums.atlasf...&postid=1375023 ) but it has particular relevance here...
A comment from Rennmax builder Bob Britton, who also made Brabham replicas
He told me that he and Jack had gone up to Sweden to see the car Ronnie Peterson was running. They were thinking of having him drive for them, and they wanted to see this car Ronnie’s father had built. They got there and found the most perfect copy of their own cars. Everybody did it, Ron wasn’t worried! He just told me to make sure I charged them full price!
Three Australian titles were won by Rennmax-built Brabham clones...
#5
Posted 06 January 2004 - 02:00
Though his chassis were copies of some very good designs, the detail work in some of the bolt-on bits was of his own creation.
They borrowed the design ideas only, but detail work and measurements like track, were different.
In this article the reporter also asked Bengt Peterson, who was responsible for the design of the chassis...Bengt Peterson or Sven Andersson?....and he answered with a smile: Brabham!
#6
Posted 06 January 2004 - 02:17
Hard to see if the rear uprights are Brabham-made or otherwise, and Britto made his own calipers as well, rather than buying in the Girling or Lockheed parts that Brabham used. Though this wasn't the case with every car, some buyers would use parts they might have had on hand that had been spares from a previous car, for instance.
It is nice, however, to see the pics of the car that I'd been told about in that roundabout way...
#7
Posted 20 April 2011 - 20:03
#8
Posted 20 April 2011 - 20:36
have a look at www.500race.org the 500cc Formula 3 owner club web site.
#9
Posted 20 April 2011 - 20:52
It's actually called the SWEBE. See this previous thread http://forums.autosp...showtopic=64963In "Grand Prix Piloten - Ihr Weg nach oben" by Helmut Zwickl there is written about Ronnie Peterson's father was building him an F3 car, it was called SWEPE. More details about that car?
Scroll down to 1966 on this page from the Ronnie Peterson website
http://www.ronniepet...ng/orframe.html
#10
Posted 21 April 2011 - 09:02
He built a FJ Swebe with a Renault engine, but it was slow, so he rebuilt a F3 Cooper to a FJ instead. That Swebe-Cooper is still seen in Swedish historic racing.
Bengt Peterson started to build karts for his son Ronnie and his Robardie with the innovative A-frame became a road to success. When Ronnie continued to F3, Bengt and Sven built a series of Brabham-copies. But they found that the real Brabham was cheaper and better, so after a few races Ronnie bought an old Brabham instead.
#11
Posted 21 April 2011 - 09:28
#12
Posted 21 April 2011 - 10:36
#13
Posted 21 April 2011 - 19:17
Why would it be called 'Swebe', with a W?
What does that stand for then?
#14
Posted 22 April 2011 - 10:16
#15
Posted 22 April 2011 - 20:13
#16
Posted 22 April 2011 - 20:28
Alan Henry's book on Peterson (covering his early career) also had a bit on the Svebe, btw.