This page is designed to act as a summary of the information being collected and discussed on a Brabham BT30 thread in the 10 Tenths Chassis Archive. The histories have been constructed by Andrew Fellowes with the extensive assistance of Bryan Miller, David McKinney, Allen Brown, Ian Henderson, Chris Townsend, Ted Walker, Jeremy Jackson, Steve Wilkinson, Philippe Demeyer, James Murray, John Turner, Dan Rear, Milan Fistonic and others.

BT30-1

1969 Kurt Ahrens
1970 Werner Linderman
1971 destroyed Hockenheim, June 14th

BT30-2

Most likely the Roger Hickman 1969 hillclimb car crashed at Wiscombe and later rebuilt with a new chassis and sold to Brian Pickering and Nigel Wooddisse.
1971 sold to Tony Lambert
1974 Advertised for sale by Tony Lambert, sold to Martyn Griffiths, sold to Doug Pound who crashed and severely damaged the car at Shelsley Walsh, understood to have been buried.

BT30-3

1969 Peter Westbury
1970 John Wingfield
1971-5 Jim Charnock, nothing more ’till
1984 Brian Classic & Co
1985 Chris Mann
1987 Ray Delaney, Australia
1988 Art Vladez, USA
Next recorded with
1993 Dick James
2003 Mike Carmody
2004 Tom Lee

BT30-4

1969 Frank Williams for Malcom Guthrie
1970 Graham Birrell
1971 G Max, Tino Brambilla, Gian-Luigi Picchi, Carlo Franchi

BT30-5

1969 Frank Williams for Piers Courage, Brian Redman, Derek Bell
1969 Albert Poon
1970 Albert Poon, confirmed scrapped

BT30-6

1969 Irish Racing Cars for Alan Rollinson, winner Bogota
1971 John Smith, for sale by Bobby Howlings Feb. ‘72
1972 Ken Walker/Peter Kaye
1973 Adrian Bethall
1973 Choat/Hardesty *1
1982-5 Jim Wallis
1986 Tony Thompson
1987? Chris Farrell, retains 2008

BT30-7

1969 Malcom Guthrie, Gagliardi
Silvio Moser, Bogota.
1970 Brambilla as a spare, Picchi at Hockenheim
Nothing more ‘till
1997 Fabio Montani, Italy
1998 David Irwin, USA
1999 Barry Marquardt
2005 Peter McLaughlin, New Hampshire
2006 James King, Belleville, IL
2007 Richard Scott, Ohio

BT30-8

1969 Irish Racing Cars for Tommy Reid
1970 Alan Rollinson & Tommy Reid
1971 Bobby Howlings for sale
1972 (13 July) Bobby Howlings advertised as ex-Reid 1971 championship car less engine
1972 (27 Jul) Cranberry Lodge Garage (Bryn, Wigan) identical description
197?-9 Tom Elton
1979-81 Mike Remnant and sold to Bob Wilson to John Bradburn to Simon Hadfield
1986 Andrew Fellowes
1989 George Nuse
1990 Jordan Harris (retains both aluminium and bag tanks)
2007 Peter McLaughlin, New Hampshire

BT30-9

1970 Sports Motors for Francois Mazet, Gerry Birrell
1971 Lionel Noges 

BT30-10

1970 Sports Motors for Tim Schenken, Gerry Birrell
1970 Cyd Williams, Bogota
1971 Cyd Williams, for sale with rebuilt chassis by Arch Motors
1971 Bill Creasey via Natalie Goodwin
1972 sold to David Howes, px for Mustang
1974 Simon Riley, at Great Auclum
next with Jim Gathercole retains 2006
2007 Nicolas Moreau de Melen, Belgium,
2009 Bernd and Michael Quitzow, Germany

BT30-11

1970 John Watson
1971 Crashed and up-rated to BT36 spec and subsquently listed as a BT30/36
1972 Bob Howlings
1972 Tony Dean *2
1973 Alex Seldon
1973-76 Phillip Guerola
1978 for sale in Autosport
John Bradburn, David Riseworth, Kelvin Lamberth
2003 David McLaughlin
2003 David Brown
2004 Ian Gray

BT30-12

1970 Irish Racing Cars, Tommy Reid & Alan Rollinson
1971 Tommy Reid
1972 Nelson Todd July 1972 to April 1973
1973 John Pollock, Harold McGarrity
1975 Paddy Heron, F Atlantic *4
1974 Bobby Howlings sells to Chris Sherret *6
1986 Bobby Howlings to Mike Freeman
1991 Roger & James Murray
2005 Neil Glover
2006 Mike Scott
2007 Michael Scott

BT30-14

1970 Ecurie Ecosse for Peter Gethin, Graham Birrell, Richard Attwood
1971 Peter Westbury, South America
1971 Ronnie MacKay
1972 Chong Boon Seng, SE Asia
to Del Schlomer, Wybe Vakema
1988 Brian Wilson, Australia
1990 USA, Private Collection

BT30-15

1970 Bob Gerard for Peter Gaydon, Henri Pescarolo
1971 Brian Hart, Bob Salisbury
1972-4 Martin Webb
nothing more ‘till
2003 Bob Salisbury
200? Richard Kendle
2007 David Brown

BT30-16

1970 Wheatcroft Racing for Derek Bell
1971 Jeremy Richardson
1972-4 Alex Seldon
1986 Ted Walker to Lincoln Small
Lincoln Small retains 2008

BT30-17

1970 John Coombs for Jackie Stewart
1970 Jack Brabham, Mike Goth
1971 Silvio Moser, last used at Rouen, 20th June 1971 *7
nothing more ’till,
Coys auction in 1996, seller claimed he purchased the car in 1976 after it had been hill climbed on the continent, sold post sale to Jay Galpin and then to Bob Baker.
2008 Bob Baker, USA still retains.

BT30-18

1970 Carlos Reutemann, new chassis mid season
1971 Carlos Reutemann
1972 sent to Argentina as race school car
2008 Private Collection, Argentina

BT30-19

1970 Benedicto Calderalla
1971 Carlos Ruesch
1972 sent to Argentina as a race school car
2008 Automovil Club Argentino Museum

BT30-20

1970 Robin Widdows, Alistair Walker, Bob Howlings, Team Obrist Richard Scott, Frank Keane
1971 Brian Cullen
1972 Brian Nelson, Kevin Murphy?
1985 Marcus King
1990 Michael Baudouin, France
next recorded with Fred Harris, to Mike Taradash to
2003 Bob Baker, rebuilt after recent crash and for sale

BT30-21

1970 Scuderia Picchio Rosso, Enzo Corti, Tino Brambilla
1971 sold to Brambilla, Scuderia Ala d’Oro, written off at Pau
2006 Sepp Mayer (bought from Italy but with BT35 chassis) sold to Bob Sellix, 2008 sold to new owner.

BT30-22

1970 Pino Picca for Northern Italian Racing Developments
1970 Andrea de Adamich, Ernesto Brambilla
1971 Vittorio Brambilla wrecked at Nurburgring
nothing more ’till
1991 Monza Museum

BT30-23

1970 F.I.R.S.T. Peter Westbury
1971 Sold to Japan, Osama Masaku or Kuniomi Nagamatsu
2006 in Japan -with Mitsubishi?

BT30-24

1970 Team Obrist for Howden Ganley, JP Jassaud, Richard Scott, Jurg Dubler
Albert Obrist retained to 1972
1972 Michel Pignard, France for hill climbs,
1973 Daniel Gache, Avignon, nothing more ’till
1985 Gérard Gamand, found near Annecy. Sold to
1994 Gérard Cerny
2008 Laurent Fort

BT30-25

1970 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau for Rolf Stommlen, Dieter Quester, Hans Stuck and Hermann Unold
1971-4 Hansruedi Whittwer for hillclimbs
Put into storage in 1974, Container with body panels & suspension later fire damaged by vandals.
Rolf Gomeringer, (date of purchase not known)
2002 Bought by Steve Worrad from Stutgart after failing to sell at Coys, Essen. Restored.
2005 Simon Langman

BT30-26

1970 Alistair Walker
1971 Alistair Walker to Tommy Reid to Bob Howlings
1971 George Dudley, nothing more ’till
1977 possibly David Ward & Stan Billington
1978 Peter Robinson
1979 Julian Majzub (noted for originality), retains 2007

BT30-27 Waggott 2ltr TC/4V

1971-2 Bob Jane/John Harvey, completed early 1971 (may have been Gerard/Walker cancelled order) with FT200-452 to BT36 spec. Arrived in Australia late April 1971. First race, Warwick Farm, AGP, November 21st and entered as a BT36.
then to Denis Lupton, Ian Cook, Peter Whelan, now with Peter Johnson

BT30X-1

1969-70 Mike McDowell / Rob Jennings Climax FWMV 2.0 V8 , 1971 3.5 litre Buick , work being carried out by Roy Lane.
1971 Sold to David Fyfe and confirmed as BT30X-1 .
For sale again A/S 7th December 1972.
1973 Murray McGrath,
1979-80 Barrie Dutnall
David Riseworth to Ted Walker *3
2005 Chassis plate now on a BT30 style chassis in Japan, original chassis Steve Worrad
2006 Neil Glover, restoration in progress

BT29X

1970 Tony Griffiths crashed Silverstone, replaced with BT30 chassis and subsequently reported as BT30 but carried original BT29 chassis plate. Sold to Spencer Elton, David Render, Peter Robinson, Julian Majzub, Richard Jones.

*1 Unconfirmed

*2 Reported parts used for Wimhurst Atlantic

*3 Note it may not be a true BT30 chassis

*4 Conflict of dates

*5 Semi Restored

*6 Understood to have gone to Jamaica, possible Moody brothers, returned to the UK via Bobby Howlings

*7 Beat Schenker, Moser’s mechanic, says this car was up rated to BT36 spec after Rouen (June 27th 1971) and then after Imola (July 26th 1971) was given a new BT36 chassis.

Mystery cars

1969/70 Brabham BT30, Jon Waggitt, York.
This is the car campaigned by Jim Johnstone (bought from David Winstanley) and then for many years by Chris Seaman. It carries the following numbers on the rear cross member: 112R 70 AM,

Adverts for unknown chassis numbers
1974 A/S May 23rd p.66 BT30 BDA 1930cc, John Hinley, 11 Lodge Rd, Knowle 4585
1974 A/S Aug 22nd p.65 BT30 rolling chassis, Don Parker trailer 01 540 3535
1974 A/S Sep 19th p.59 BT30 Holbay, Peter Mumford 01 540 0771
1978 A/S July 27th BT30 rolling chassis, needs engine & box, £550. Sims, Ossett 272235
1978 A/S July 13th BT30 £2980. Coulton, The Quarry, Stanwick, Wellingbrough.