Brabham BT36
This page is designed to act as a summary of the information being collected and discussed on a Brabham BT36 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.
If you can add anything further, please join the thread at 10 Tenths.
BT36-1
1971 Rondel Racing for Tim Schenken in F2
1972 Bobby Howlings in libre (March)
1972 Leased by Tait of Leeds to Graham Hill, F2 with BDE
1972 Tate of Leeds/Malcolm Wayne in libre (and Atlantic?)
then via Bob Howlings to
1972-3 Arthur Moore
nothing more ‘till
1976 Bob Howlings sold to
1976-8 John Tait
1978-9 Bill Ness sold to;
1979-86 Anthony Mayman
1986-9 bought by John Harper (via Ted Walker) sold to;
1989-2000 Peter Williams sold to;
2000- Andrew Fellowes Australia
BT36-2
1971 Rondel Racing for Graham Hill and Bob Wollek in F2
1972-3 John MacDonald Hong Kong, Hart 416 on carbs
1973 Eddie Marcello Philippines, damaged in accident
1975 Rod Ocampo
1977 Romy David
19?? Louis Camus
1988 Leif Norberg (restored 1996 by Peter Denty)
2004 Andrew Fellowes, Australia (retains original gearbox)
BT36-3
1971 Bernd Terbeck in F2
1972 Bernd Terbeck in F2
Badly damaged at Hockenheim 16th April .
1972 August 10th A/S car for sale by Kaydon Racing at Cobham *3
nothing further ‘till
1984 when it appeared in European Historic racing.
1990 car entered by in Historics by Fredy Kumschick and driven by Hans Peter. B/H
2003 Willy Markwalder
2006 Heinz Rolf Wisskirchen
BT36-4
1971 Rolf Stommelen in F2
1972 Roland Binder in F2
1973 22nd July raced at Misano by Binder
1974 Roland Binder for sale in February
nothing further ‘till
seen in 2003 with Sid Hoole and then
2005 with Joseph (Sepp) Meyer
BT36-5
1971 F.I.R.S.T. for Peter Westbury for F2
1972 (early season) Peter Westbury for F2
1972-74 Nick (Neckel) Koob, Luxembourg for French, Belgian and Luxembourg hill climbs
1975 Johny Krier, Luxembourg for French, Belgian and Luxembourg hill climbs
1977 Roger Hennenbert, Belgium
1978 M Wille, Longwy, France
1986 Yves Bole, Venissieux, France
1993 J.Beasley, Shrewsbury
1998 Abba Kogan
2007 Sold at auction
BT36-6
1971 Automovil Club Argentina for Carlos Reutemann in F2
1972 April 20th A/S reports sent to Argentina as a race school car.
1974 BT36-6 & 7 driven by Esteban Fernandino and Pablo Brea
Now in the Fangio Museum *2
BT36-7
1971 Automovil Club Argentina for Carlos Ruesch in F2
1971 April 20th A/S reports sent to Argentina as a race school car.
1974 BT36-6 & 7 driven by Esteban Fernandino and Pablo Brea
Assumed still in Argentina.
BT36-8
1971 Archie Phillips in Irish libre
1972 Archie Phillips in Irish libre (also driven by John Watson and Jay Pollock)
1973 Eddie Regan in Irish libre
1973 (from June) Bob Leckie in Scottish libre
1974-75 Phil Barak in libre Sold to Howlings in exchange for road car
1975? Bobby Howlings.
Nothing further known.
BT36-9
1971 Rondel Racing for Bob Wollek in F2
1972 John Kendall & leased to Richard Scott for F2
1973 José Arauyo for F/Atlantic
Nothing further known.
Note. Autosport advert 13th July 1972 F Atlantic BT36 for sale, High Wycombe 881409. Possibly same car.
BT36-10
1971 early September, John Wingfield, libre - 1.7-litre Felday BDA,
1972 John Wingfield, F2 and libre - 2-litre BDA
1973 Feb 15th A/S for sale Ascot 20040
1973 Iain McLaren, hillclimbs and libre - 1.8-litre FVC
1973 (Oct/Nov) MRE
1974 Chris Choat & John Hardesty, libre - 2 litre Racing Services BDA
1975 (to June) Chris Choat & John Hardesty, libre - 2 litre Racing Services BDA
1975 (from August) Nick Overall, libre - 2 litre Racing Services BDA
1976 Mike Gue
1976 Ian Henderson
2006 Ian Henderson retained
BT36-11
1971 Silvio Moser to replace BT30-17 mid to late in the year, and sold at the end of 1971, or beginning of ‘72
Nothing known ‘till c.1988 reported with Alain Filhol (France) *1
1992 Emanual Ronchi (Italy)
2000 Brooks auction (failed to sell).
2003 Andy Newall
2003 James Murray. New chassis, original retained.
2006 rebuilt with original chassis, new chassis retained.
BT36-12
1972 Noritake Takahara for Japanese F2
1973 Noritake Takahara for Tasman and Japanese F2
1975 Shigeaki Asaoka
1977 Kiyoshi Misaki
1978-1985 Mr Tomita
1986-1997 Shigeaki Koshiba
1997-2006 Hashime Tanaka
2006 Tom Smith (CA, USA)
Mike MacDowel driving the Brabham BT36X-Repco at Prescott in Sept 1974. Copyright Steve Wilkinson 2006. Used with permission.BT36X-1
1971 Mike MacDowel for hill climbs (5-litre Repco)
retained ’till 1974 (advertised 14 Nov 1974)
1975 Tony Brown
1976 Tony Brown (advertised 14 Oct 1976)
1977 ?Dave Bishop for sprints
nothing more ’till
1981-83 Chris Dowson (Repco V8) - retained until 1985 at least
nothing more ’till
1997 Brooks auction (Repco V8)
acquired by Ole Sommer Museum, Denmark
2006 Ole Sommer Museum retains
Note
*1. Silvio Moser’s mechanic Beat Schenker lists this as BT30-17, being uprated with a BT36 chassis and then sometimes refered to as BT36-11 or as a BT30/36. However it would seem both chassis have survived.
*2. Reported with Yves Bolle, France, 1990 who claimed the car was ex Ruesch.
*3. Autosport Advert September 14th 1972, BT36, continental driver, MRE. possibly same car

