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When he wasn’t making grand prix history, Jack Brabham also starred in F2 – and this BT23C is a gem, says Simon de Burton
Double the wings leads to double the grins. The
Brabham came to life with its twin-winged setup
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One benefit of buying this twinwinged Brabham BT23C is that you’ll always have somewhere to put your tea – but you’ll also be getting one of the most historically interesting of Jack Brabham’s late ’60s F2 racers ever to take to the track.
The Australian triple F1 world champion moved into the construction business with his eponymous marque at the start of the decade having teamed with the celebrated engineer/ designer Ron Tauranac. Between them they put their talents to use developing cars across multiple classes, from Formula Junior to F3, F2 and F1 as well as sports racing cars.