How many Repco Brabham Engines Pty. Ltd. race V8’s were built during the 1965 to 1969 period of the companies existence?… Not sure that I know the answer in full. Lets build a list which will be ongoing Work In Progress as we determine the number built, the car they were initially fitted to, a […]
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RBE: By The Numbers…
Posted: February 22, 2019 in F1, Features, Rodways Repco RecollectionsTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Frank Hallam, Jack Brabham, Norman Wilson, Phil Irving, Repco Brabham Engines, Repco Brabham RB620, Repco Brabham RB740, Repco Brabham RB760, Repco Brabham RB830, Repco Brabham RB860, Sir Charles McGrath
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Matich & Stillwell: Brabhams, Warwick Farm, Sydney December 1963…
Posted: July 20, 2018 in F1, FeaturesTags: 1964 Tasman Series, 1965 Tasman Series, Australian Motor Racing History, Bib Stillwell, Brabham BT11a Climax, Brabham BT4 Climax, Brabham BT7A Climax, Frank Matich, Graham Hill, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Lotus 32B Climax
Frank Matich, Brabham BT7A Climax tries to outbrake Bib Stillwell #6, Brabham BT4 Climax, December 1963… Photographer John Ellacott upon posting this shot online described it as ‘the two great rivals on Hume Straight’…Matich braking down the outside on the run into the slow second gear ‘Creek Corner’. Frank’s car was brand new, just unpacked, […]
Belle of The Ball…
Posted: April 6, 2018 in Features, Sports RacersTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Bevan Gibson, Bob Jane, Elfin 400 Repco, Ian Cook, John Harvey, Ken Hastings, Spencer Martin
Bob Jane, Elfin 400 Repco, during the Longford Tasman round in 1967. Sweet Repco V8 music @ 7000 rpm flat out in fifth gear… Idle moments in front of the Teev provide a male multi-tasking opportunity, looking for ‘that shot’ which inspires an article. Breathing, lookin’ at the telly and searching for photographic inspiration simultaneously- […]
Garrie Cooper, Elfin 600D Repco V8
Posted: March 6, 2018 in Rodways Repco Recollections, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1970 West Australian Road Racing Championships, Elfin 600B Ford, Elfin 600D Repco, Garrie Cooper, John Walker, Matich SR3 Repco, Wanneroo Park
Garrie Cooper aboard his Elfin 600D Repco V8 in the Wanneroo Park, Western Australia pitlane in May 1970… ‘Motor Racing Royalty’ in Australia are any Australian cars powered by Repco Brabham V8’s in my book. There are only four single-seater road-racing cars so built- 3 Elfin 600’s and the Rennmax/Bob Britton built Jane Repco. Of […]
Jack Brabham: Brabham BT23E Repco, Oran Park 1968…
Posted: December 22, 2015 in Obscurities, Rodways Repco Recollections, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1968 'Warwick Farm 100', 1968 Tasman Series, Brabham BT23E Repco, Jack Brabham, Oran Park Raceway
Jack Brabham shakes down his 1968 Tasman contender the Brabham BT23E Repco for Sydney’s media at Oran Park, 14 February 1968… Nestled in the back is Repco’s latest ‘RB740’ 275bhp 2.5 litre V8, the Tasman variant of Brabham’s successful 1967 F1 3 litre (330bhp) engine. Denny Hulme took the drivers title from Jack in a […]
Bowin P4A and Oz Formula Ford Formative…
Posted: August 30, 2018 in Features, ObscuritiesTags: Bob Skleton, Bowin P4A Ford, Bowin P4X Formula Ford, Bowin P6F Ford, Jack Brabham, John Leffler, John Smith, TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
It’s an exciting time for Formula Fordsters in Australia, the fiftieth anniversary of the first FF race in Australia, at Sandown on 25 November 1969, takes place in 2019… The shot above is of Paul Harrington keeping an eye on a journalist about to have a spin aboard a Bowin P4A at Calder, date and […]
Easter Bathurst 1969: Jack Brabham 1970 and Retirement…
Posted: September 1, 2014 in Features, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1969 Bathurst 100, Bowin P4X Formula Ford, Brabham BT25 Repco, Brabham BT30 Ford FVA, Brabham BT31 Repco, Brabham BT33 Ford, Jack Brabham, Jochen Rindt, Matra MS650, Porsche 956
Start of the ‘Gold Star’ race Mount Panorama, Easter 1969… In the Good ‘Ole Days there used to be two meetings a year at Mount Panorama- Easter when the Gold Star race was the feature and of course the ‘Taxi’ classic later in the year. Then the Gold Star, the Australian Drivers Championship meant something. A lot […]
Jim Clark and Leo Geoghegan’s Lotus 39…
Posted: February 12, 2016 in F1, FeaturesTags: 1966 Tasman Series, 1969 JAF Japanese Grand Prix, 1970 Australian Gold Star Series, Birrana 274 Ford, Jim Clark, Leo Geoghegan, Lotus 39 Climax, Lotus 39 Repco, Lotus 59 Waggott
Leo Geoghegan slices his venerable Lotus 39 Repco into the Warwick Farm Esses, Tasman Series, 15 February 1970… Terrific shot, the focus is on the driver, the rest of the car blurred giving the impression of speed, something Geoghegan had in abundance. Leo ‘made his name’ in this car, he was a front-runner from the […]
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