This page is designed to act as a summary of the information being collected and discussed on a Brabham BT23C thread in the 10 Tenths Chassis Archive. The histories have been constructed by Andrew Fellowes with the extensive assistance of Allen Brown, Bryan Miller, David McKinney, Chris Townsend, Philippe Demeyer, Ted Walker, Simon Hadfield, Steve Wilkinson and others.

BT23C-1
1967 Jack Brabham, Frank Gardner
1968 Troberg, Stiller for F3, Williams/Courage
1969 Raced in NZ by Laurence Brownlie and Graham McRae, then McRae in Europe
1970 Bob Howlings, Rodney Seow, Singapore
1980 Mike Truter
1983 Brian Wilson and retains 2010 *1

BT23C-2 RF14
1968 Peter Gethin for Frank Lythgoe
1969 Don Godden for Sir John Whitmore
1970 For sale, Alan Mann Racing £4,750 spare FVA available (understood to be this car)
1972 Maurice Ogier with twin cam, sold to Low Cost Racing end of ‘72
1973 A/S March 1st, Low Cost racing for sale
1974 Vic Durman
1974 A/S November 28th ex Gethin for sale, 01 567 3941
1976 A/S July 8th ex Gethin for sale, Cheshire Sports Cars £995
1982 for sale Ian Webb, Northdown Racing, Ripley, Surrey.
1982 Ian Webb loaned to Mike Hartley for Gates-Varley Monoposto Series
1985 Keith Norman
1987 Hugo Studer
1997 Sepp Mayer
2005 John Counsell
2009 Andrew Fellowes
2011 Garry Hancock

BT23C-3
A.C.A. ?

BT23C-4
1968 Chris Lambert, Zandvoort July 28th, fatal accident

BT23C-5
1968 Winklemann for Rindt, Vic Elford, accident Monza July 23rd New frame. Old frame sold to Ian Lees who built up a new car, now owned by Frank Curcio, Melbourne
1969 Graham Birrell
1969 Stan Robinson and John Blankley chassis restored
1973 Joe Applegarth using parts from BT23C-16
2009 Joe Applegarth retains

BT23C-6
1968 Max Mosley, Frank Williams
1969 Peter Parnell ZA (Team Parnell)
1970 Arnold Charlton and reported as sold back to the UK late in the year after repeated FVA problems.
nothing further

BT23C-7 RF26
1968 Piers Courage
1969 Roly Levis, Baron Robertson, crashed by Levis (in Robertson’s ownership). BT23C-17 imported as a replacement chassis and parts of #7 used on this chassis. Subsequently BT23C-17 was destroyed in a fire.
BT23C-7’s chassis rebuild as a Formula Ford. The FF sold to Martin Smith in UK c.1990 and restored to BT23C spec.
next seen Bobby Rahal, then to Justin Segel, to Tom Claridge.
2008 Ted Wentz

BT23C-8
1968 Kurt Ahrens
1969 Bernd Terbeck
nothing more ‘till
1973 Graham Cooper
1974 Graham Cooper sold to Richard Churchley
to Bill Morris to Robin Darlington
1977 Les Aylott/David Knowles
1984 Peter Rogers
2006 David Brown

BT23C-9
1968 Church Farm Racing for Derek Bell & Brian Hart, for sale December.
nothing further

BT23C-10
1968 Malcom Payne
1969 Garth McGillwie, ZA, (Team Parnell)
1970 Tony Dean
1971 Bob Howlings, Rod Pickering
1972 For sale Rod Pickering
1972 Bob Howlings
1973 Bob Snelson
nothing further

BT23C-11
1968 Winklemann for Rees and Mitter
1969 Bill Ivey
1971 Brian Cullen, (mechanic Steve Mills)
1971-2 Ted Shanahan/Roy Courtney?
1973 Harold McGarrity
1974 Paddy Heron
1975 A/S Ex Ivey for sale, Glengormley
nothing more ‘till late 80’s Mark Raymont, UK with Holbay & Mk8
2003 Restored by Maverick
2004 for sale Maverick
2005 Sold Bonhams, RAF Hendon, £25,300
2007 Museum in Austria?

BT23C-12
1968 Williams for Manfredini & Guthrie, purchased by Guthrie
1969 Bob Gerard/Widdows & Hart
1970 Gerry Tyzack & Patsy Buke?
1971 Robin Darlington?
1971 for sale ex Gerard, less engine & gearbox
nothing more ‘till
1986 Adrian Thomas
1988-9 Kelvin Lambeth
1990 Monte Shalott
1998 Mark Leonard, GP Motors, La Jolla, CA
200? Peter Bull
2008 Harindra deSilva

BT23C-14
1968-9 Frank Williams for Carlos Piaretti, Cacho Fangio, Temporada, fire damage repaired
nothing further

BT23C-15
1968 Eduardo Copello, Temporada, entered by Berta, retained for several years
1969 Driven in Temporada by Carlos Reutemann
1971 Oreste Bertha, nothing more ’till
2006 Phil Harris, USA

BT23C-16
1968 Frank Williams for Juan Manuel Bordeu, Temporada,
1969 Piers Courage, Alistair Walker entered for Jackie Ickx
1969 Gagliardi, Marcello Gallo F3, Alistair Walker
1970-2 Walter Kinnear by August with twin cam, to John Blades px Lotus 69
1973 John Blades for sale,
1973 Joe Applegarth & parts used on BT23C-5
nothing further.

BT23C-17
1968 Jorge Cuperio, Temporada
1969 Squadra Tartaruga/Xavier Perrot -see BT23-3
1970 Kurt Beuss
imported into New Zealand and used as a replacement chassis for BT23C-7 that had been crashed by Roly Levis
1970 Baron Roberston
1973 Kelvin Cameron
1978 Frank Maskasy, confirmed destroyed in garage fire, engine sold to Lloyd Evans

Notes. *1 No RF number visible