Frank Gardner in his BT2, chatting to the ‘Guvnor’. Copyright Denis Lupton 2008. Used with permission.

Gavin Youl in FJ-2-62 circa 1963. Copyright Denis Lupton 2008. Used with permission.”

Brabham BT2

This page is based on the 10 Tenths “Brabham BT2” thread with additional information from Denis Lupton and Bryan Miller.

Brabham BT2 FJ-1-62
1962 Briggs Cunningham (US) for various drivers
1965 David Pabst (US)
1966-68 Thomas Gelb (US)
2006 Wayne Mitchell

Brabham BT2 FJ-2-62
1962 J.Reid for John Youl (information from Duncan Rabagliati)
presently unknown

Brabham BT2 FJ-3-62
1962 works/Gavin Youl (car built at MRD by Frank Gardner)
1963 Geoff McClelland (NSW, Australia)
1966 December Phil West (NSW, Australia)
1968 March Mike Barker (Ringwood, Victoria, Australia)
1970 Peter Roach (Victoria, Australia)
1972 Doug Hicks (Victoria, Australia) fitted with Toyota Corolla engine as 1300cc ANF3; also driven by Peter Jones
1974 Alan Smith (Tasmania, Australia), driven by Geoff Bantick
1993 November Denis Lupton purchased the car for Jim Russell (Victoria, Australia) - full restoration to original FJ spec
1995 Nick MacDonald (Australia)
2003 Graham Brown (Queensland, Australia)
2008 retained

Brabham BT2 FJ-4-62
1962 Inter Auto-Course for Jean Moench (F)
1963 Klaas ‘Jimmy’ Twisk 1963
1964 Ray Moore for F3 (killed?)
… Australia …
c1990 John Harper
1997 Simon Ham (UK)
2005 retained

Brabham BT2 FJ-5-62
1962 Inter Auto-Course for Jo Schlesser (F)
presently unknown

Brabham BT2 FJ-6-62
1962 Bob Olthoff (SA) then via Frank Williams to Far East (L C Kwan, S Y Tam etc).
Later to Australia and in 2000 to UK.
2005 Marcus Mussa

Brabham BT2 FJ-7-62
1962 Howard S Cole (Texas, US)
presently unknown

Brabham BT2 FJ-8-62
1962 works/Gardner (UK)
then to Australia with Alec Mildren, Len Deaton, Barry Collerson. Bryan Miller 1980s.
1990s Ken Hastings
2005 Dave Zurlinden (US) - or - John Streets (US)

Brabham BT2 FJ-9-62
1962 Geddes Yeates (UK) - but no mention of him in F1R FJ records
1963 FC ‘Cliff’ Ward (UK) - see Autosport 20 Sep 1963 p389 - FJ-9-62 according to Duncan
1964 Roger Mac (UK) - according to Duncan
1965 31 Jan Brands F1R attributes this chassis to Roger Mac
1966 Geddes Yeates
Later Tony Dean part exchanged it with Rodney Bloor, and he sold it on to J Mansfield
?1969 John Aspinall (ex-Sports Motors ‘BT6′)
?1970s Paul Hull, Andrew Hull and Peter Henry
1970s Jeremy Bouckley
1979 Mike Harrison
19?? Peter Denty
2005 Bob Goeldner (East Coast US)

Brabham BT2 FJ-10-62
1962 Ernie De Vos (Montreal, Canada)  - raced to victories in Canada and the eastern US in 1963.
1964 March Advertised CT&T
1964 ?Hap Sharp - or was it Hap Sharp in 1962 then De Vos in 1963?
1965 Earl Jones
presently unknown

Brabham BT2 FJ-12-62
1962 Alec Mildren (Australia): drivers Dave Walker (1964/65, entrant Scuderia Veloce), Ralph Sach (1965), Frank Gardner (late 1965) and Kevin Bartlett (early 1966)
1966 Mike Champion (Australia) - also driven once by Phil West Warwick Farm 3 Dec 1967
1968 Brian Page (Australia)
1969 Jack Bono (Australia) - last recorded race Warwick Farm 6 Sep 1970
1970s Chris Farrell (Australia)
1970s Mr. Healey
early 1980’s Bryan Miller (Australia) - restored to Alec Mildren late 1965 spec. with Twin-Cam Ford and raced extensively.
c2000 Colin Haste (Australia)
2005 retained

Brabham BT2 or BT6 now with plate FJ-13-62
Reputedly the Denny Hulme car that won the Boxing Day Brands Hatch
1963 Roy James (UK)
1964 Mike Lawlor and raced by John Miles in 1964 and 1965
1966 Ray Thackwell (then in UK) but consigned to Billy Housego for import into NZ
1966/67 Ray Thackwell (NZ)
1967/68 Graham McRae (NZ)
later used as a FF in NZ

Notes
FJ-11-62 plate was used on a BT4