I am tring to find a period picture of a BT41 with the wide works nose as opposed to the usual one with the wings. Can anyone help with any pictures.
Hopefully Owen J
Brabham BT41 F3 wide nose
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OwenJ
, Jan 15 2017 15:14
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Posted 15 January 2017 - 19:43
Unless I am mistaken, the Formula Three BT41 never ran with a wide nose in period i.e. during the 1973 season.
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 10:47
Thanks for replying .
I understood that the works BT41 (11) had a wide nose in late 73 when driven by Tony Trimmer and Johnny Gerber - problem is I can't find any pictures of them in the car, let alone with the wide nose!!
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Posted 16 January 2017 - 20:08
I had a look as well and couldn't up with anything from 1973 that had a wide nose. Are you sure Tony Trimmer was involved?
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Posted 17 January 2017 - 10:32
Thanks for your response
Yes. Tony Trimmer did the testing/ development driving - he has no pictures though. Johnny Gerber raced it at least 8 times. I am still looking to see who else drove it.
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Posted 17 January 2017 - 20:53
Hi, it's me again. 
According to the Old Racing Cars site, Trimmer did the first John Player round at Brands and then Gerber appeared, managing three John Player rounds and a heat (but not the final) at Oulton Park. He also did a Lombard North Central round and a Forward Trust race (again missing the final but competing in the heat). Nobody else appears in the car.
Damien Magee raced BT41-30 after he had wrecked his Palliser and Larry Perkins had BT41-31 after he had finished with his early season GRD and the Ensign.
(All thanks to Old Racing Cars website)!
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Posted 26 January 2017 - 08:14
You could try asking Johnny Gerber. He's on Facebook and his profile picture is a BT41, albeit in narrow-nosed form.
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Posted 26 January 2017 - 22:32
I am wondering if the JNM Racing BT41 that occasionally appeared during the 1974 season with either Robert Joubert or Patrick Neve at the wheel sported a wide nose...?
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Posted 26 January 2017 - 23:04
Both Tony Sinclair and Roland Lewis raced a Brabham BT41 in the HSCC Classic Formula Three series with the front radiator wide nose . If you google either of their names followed by Brabham BT41 , there are a few photos online . According to www.race-cars.com , who had the ex Damien Magee BT41-30 for sale , it was privateers who had their bodywork modified to wide noses by Falconer .
