Brabham BT26A S_N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 |
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New York – 15 January, 2019
Bonhams is delighted to announce that the 1969 Canadian Grand Prix-winning Brabham-Cosworth BT26A – as driven to victory at Mosport Park by the Belgian legend Jacky Ickx – will star in the Amelia Island Auction on March 7th, 2019.
This remarkable Formula 1 racing car is particularly iconic to any motorsport enthusiast as it boasts an impressive pedigree.
The Brabham-Cosworth BT26A chassis #3 is the car in which Jacky Ickx contested no fewer than a dozen races during that 1969 season, nine of them fully-fledged frontline qualifying rounds of that year’s Formula 1 World Championship series. Of his nine topline races in chassis 3, the immensely capable young Belgian won the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, finished 2nd in that year’s Mexican GP at Mexico City, 3rd in the French GP, 5th in the Dutch GP and 6th in the Spanish GP.
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His three further non-Championship races in this wonderfully evocative F1 car also included victory in England’s Oulton Park Gold Cup race, and 4th place in the BRDC International Trophy at the world-famous Silverstone circuit.
Although the Australian-made Repco V8 engine – which had powered the Brabham team to consecutive World Championship titles in both 1966 and 1967 – proved woefully unreliable in their 1968 campaign, Rindt still qualified chassis 3 on pole position for the Canadian GP, and ran 2nd there before retirement.
Once the Repco V8 engine had been replaced in chassis 3 by one of the standard-setting Cosworth-Ford DFV V8s for 1969, the car was re-titled as a BT26A.
In Mexico City, immediately after Ickx had finished 2nd, chassis 3 was sold to American entrant Doug Champlin for his driver Gus Hutchinson to campaign in the 1970 SCCA L&M Championship, against 5-liter Formula A/5000 competition. Hutchinson drove the car in six 1970 L&M rounds, winning two – at Sears Point and Dallas – while also placing 2nd at Sebring and 4th at Edmonton. He also drove it in the 1970 United States GP at Watkins Glen.
Ickx went on to lead the Ferrari factory racing team from 1970-73, and would subsequently win the 24 Hours of Le Mans a then-record six times. He would also win the North American CanAm Championship in 1979, plus the prestigious Paris-Dakar Rally.
So Brabham-Cosworth BT26A chassis 3, as now to be offered by Bonhams, not only has an illustrious Grand Prix-winning history, it was also the Formula 1 car of choice for two of the most successful, charismatic and best-respected personalities from that classical closing era of the Swinging Sixties.
Today, this well-preserved, magnificently presented and truly historic F1 car is to be offered in running order. Says Mark Osborne, Bonhams Global Director of Motorsport, "Aside from being a winning chassis and having been driven by two of the most charismatic drivers of the period, the BT26A is so usable today. Whether the Gand Prix de Monaco Historique, or the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship, chassis no.3 will be as active as the next owner determines. I’d also note – having been in the old Brab myself – that the brilliant Ron Tauranac (spaceframe) design caters for today's drivers more adequately than almost any other manufacturer of the period."This Brabham-Cosworth BT26A would prove to be the ultimate expression of multi-tubular welded spaceframe chassis technology within Formula 1, as all frontline F1 cars from 1970 onward used stressed-skin monocoque construction instead.
Jacky Ickx, meanwhile, completed that memorable 1969 season in 2nd place in the Drivers’ World Championship table, headed only by new title holder Jackie Stewart. His overall Formula 1 career would span 14 years and he would win eight Grand Prix races, appear 25 times on the top-three podium, and in 1970 he again finished 2nd in the Drivers’ Championship table.
That year he was led only by the legendary Austrian star Jochen Rindt, who became, sadly, the sport’s only posthumous World Champion, having crashed fatally in his Lotus during qualifying for the Italian GP.
In fact, the 1969-specification Brabham-Cosworth BT26A chassis 3 had actually begun life in 1968 as the Repco V8-engined Brabham BT26 chassis 3, and Jochen Rindt had driven it four times. He had used this car upon its debut in the Oulton Park Gold Cup, followed by contesting the Canadian, United States and Mexican GPs.
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Lot List 1968 Aug 17 | Dnf | Gold Cup | Oulton Park | Brabham BT26 S/N 3 - Repco 860 V8 | Jochen Rindt | | 1968 Sep 22 | Dnf | Canadian Grand Prix | Mont-Tremblant | Brabham BT26 S/N 3 - Repco 860 V8 | Jochen Rindt | | 1968 Oct 6 | Dnf | United States Grand Prix | Watkins Glen | Brabham BT26 S/N 3 - Repco 860 V8 | Jochen Rindt | #4 | 1968 Nov 3 | Dnf | Mexican Grand Prix | Mexico City | Brabham BT26 S/N 3 - Repco 860 V8 | Jochen Rindt | #4 | 1969 Mar 1 | Dnf | South African Grand Prix | Kyalami | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #15 | 1969 Mar 16 | Dnf | Race of Champions | Brands Hatch | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | | 1969 Mar 30 | 4th | International Trophy | Silverstone | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | | 1969 May 4 | 6th | Spanish Grand Prix | Montjuich Park | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #4 | 1969 May 18 | Dnf | Monaco Grand Prix | Monte Carlo | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #6 | 1969 Jun 21 | 5th | Dutch Grand Prix | Zandvoort | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #12 | 1969 Jul 6 | 3rd | French Grand Prix | Clermont-Ferrand | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #11 | 1969 Jul 19 | Pratice Only | British Grand Prix | Silverstone | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #7 | 1969 Aug 16 | 1st | Gold Cup | Oulton Park | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | | 1969 Sep 7 | 10th | Italian Grand Prix | Monza | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #26 | 1969 Sep 20 | 1st | Canadian Grand Prix | Mosport Park | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #7 | 1969 Oct 5 | Dnf | United States Grand Prix | Watkins Glen | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | | 1969 Oct 19 | 2nd | Mexican Grand Prix | Mexico City | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Jacky Ickx | #7 | 1969 Dec 28 | 2nd | L&M F5000 Championship Race | Sebring International Raceway | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | | 1970 Apr 19 | 8th | Riverside Grand Prix | Riverside | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | | 1970 May 24 | 4th | Lucerne "100" | Edmonton | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | | 1970 Jun 7 | 25th | Seattle Grand Prix | Seattle | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | | 1970 Jun 14 | 20th | Monterey Grand Prix | Laguna Seca | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | | 1970 Jun 28 | 1st | Continental 49'er | Sears Point | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | | 1970 Jul 5 | 1st | Dallas Grand Prix | Dallas International Motor Speedway | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | | 1970 Oct 4 | Dnf | United States Grand Prix | Watkins Glen | Brabham BT26A S/N 3 - Cosworth DFV V8 | Gus Hutchison | |
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120,000 (NR) | $76,160 €67,571 | 212 | 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera Speedster | WP0ZZZ91ZKS1 73618 | $200,000 - 250,000 (NR) | $140,000 €124,212 | 213 | 1956 Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster | 82639 | $350,000 - 450,000 | Not Sold | 214 | 1998 RUF Porsche 993 Turbo R | W09BD0360WPR 06019 | $650,000 - 850,000 | $626,500 €555,851 | 215 | 1955 Austin-Healey 100/4 BN1 | BN1L220856 | $70,000 - 90,000 (NR) | $43,680 €38,754 | 216 | 2006 Bentley Continental Flying Spur | SCBBR53W36C 034052 | $30,000 - 40,000 (NR) | $24,640 €21,861 | 217 | 1988 Porsche 930 Turbo Coupe | WP0JB0937JS 050346 | $80,000 - 100,000 (NR) | $75,600 €67,074 | 218 | 1964 Porsche 356C T6 Coupe | 218390 | $70,000 - 90,000 (NR) | $76,160 €67,571 | 219 | 1989 Porsche 930 Cabriolet 'Slant Nose' | WP0EB0936KS 070543 | $175,000 - 250,000 | $249,200 €221,098 | 220 | 1989 Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | BRNR32003106 | $50,000 - 60,000 (NR) | $44,800 €39,748 | 221 | 1969 Porsche 911E Coupe | 119200650 | $100,000 - 125,000 (NR) | $103,600 €91,917 | 222 | 1966 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 4.2-Liter Roadster | 1E12683 | $100,000 - 140,000 (NR) | $145,600 €129,181 | 223 | 1929 Bentley 4½ Liter Sports Tourer | HB3410 | $525,000 - 575,000 | $472,500 €419,217 | 224 | 1950 Fiat 1100 Cabriolet | 369815 | $150,000 - 175,000 | Not Sold | 225 | 1939 Delage D6-70 Three-Position Drophead Coupe | 51740 | $500,000 - 600,000 | Not Sold | 226 | 1929 Packard Custom Eight 640 Touring | E# 172900 | $50,000 - 70,000 (NR) | $25,760 €22,855 | 227 | 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Coupe | 111.026.12. 003702 | $70,000 - 90,000 (NR) | $32,480 €28,817 | 228 | 1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Open Two-Seater | 670181 | $300,000 - 350,000 | Not Sold | 229 | 1971 Porsche 911T Targa | 9111110088 | $50,000 - 60,000 (NR) | $47,040 €41,735 | 230 | 1951 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport Cabriolet | 915922 | $600,000 - 750,000 | Not Sold | 231 | 1954 Kurtis 500KK SR-100 | MKK55 | $200,000 - 250,000 | Not Sold | 232 | 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster | ZA9RU37P4VLA 12621 | $175,000 - 200,000 (NR) | $123,200 €109,307 | 233 | 1936 Bentley 4¼ Liter Tourer | B 138GA | $600,000 - 800,000 | Not Sold | 234 | 1923 Bugatti Type 23 Brescia Three Seater Torpedo Sports | BC002 | $300,000 - 400,000 | Not Sold | 235 | 1964 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3.8 Roadster | 880937 | $200,000 - 250,000 (NR) | $100,800 €89,433 | 236 | 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 | 4742907096 | $80,000 - 100,000 (NR) | $89,600 €79,496 | 237 | 1913 Renault Type DP 22/24CV Coupé-Chauffeur | 37217 | $200,000 - 300,000 (NR) | $190,400 €168,929 | 238 | 1964 Shelby Cobra 289 | CSX 2328 | $900,000 - 1,100,000 | Not Sold | 239 | 1960 Bentley S2 Continental Drophead Coupe | BC54LAR | $200,000 - 275,000 (NR) | $162,400 €144,086 | 240 | 1930 Cadillac Series 452 V-16 Roadster | 7-952 | $1,250,000 - 1,500,000 | $1,187,500 €1,053,588 | 241 | ca. 1903 Oldsmobile Model R Curved Dash Runabout | | $50,000 - 70,000 (NR) | $50,400 €44,716 | 242 | 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen Replica | | $50,000 - 70,000 (NR) | $52,640 €46,703 | 243 | 1911 Pierce-Arrow Model 48 Suburban | E# 8488 | $250,000 - 350,000 (NR) | $207,200 €183,834 | 244 | ca. 1904 Pope-Tribune 6HP Twin-Cylinder Runabout | E# 525 | $50,000 - 70,000 (NR) | $68,320 €60,615 | 245 | 1904 Peerless Type 8 Style K 24HP Four-Cylinder King of Belgium | E# 585 | $400,000 - 480,000 | $698,000 €619,288 | 246 | 1912 Locomobile Model 'M' Series I 48HP Roadster | E# 5113 | $200,000 - 250,000 (NR) | $291,000 €258,184 | 247 | 1906 Pope-Toledo Model XII 35/40HP Roi De Belges | E# 35-40-1821 | $280,000 - 350,000 (NR) | $318,500 €282,583 | 248 | 1912 Indian 7HP Big Twin | 72D349 | $50,000 - 70,000 (NR) | $61,600 €54,653 | 249 | 1908 Welch Model 4-L 50HP Seven-Passenger Touring | 25 | $250,000 - 350,000 (NR) | $456,000 €404,578 | 250 | ca. 1904 Pope-Waverley Model 27 Electric Stanhope | E# 3260 | $50,000 - 70,000 (NR) | $100,800 €89,433 | 251 | 1911 Pope-Hartford Model W 50HP Portola-Style Roadster | E# 8705 | $300,000 - 400,000 | $291,000 €258,184 | 252 | 1907 Matheson 'Big Four' 50HP Seven-Passenger Touring | 550 | $250,000 - 350,000 | $212,800 €188,803 | 253 | 1910 Knox Model R 40HP Seven-Passenger Touring | 3481 | $175,000 - 250,000 (NR) | $156,800 €139,118 | 254 | ca. 1911 Pierce-Arrow Model 66-A Roadster | E# 66750 | $220,000 - 300,000 (NR) | $324,000 €287,463 | 255 | ca. 1904 Haynes-Apperson Model F 18HP Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau | E# 613 | $180,000 - 240,000 (NR) | $190,400 €168,929 | 256 | 1914 Oldsmobile Model 42 30HP Touring | 84015 | $20,000 - 25,000 (NR) | $18,480 €16,396 | 257 | 1907 Austin Model LX-T 60HP Seven-Passenger Touring | 25 | $400,000 - 500,000 | $313,000 €277,703 | 258 | ca. 1899 Knox Model A 5HP Single-Cylinder Three-Wheel Runabout | E# 28 | $100,000 - 120,000 (NR) | $106,400 €94,401 | 259 | ca. 1907 Tincher Model H 60HP Seven-Passenger Touring | B-15 | $500,000 - 700,000 | $423,000 €375,299 | 260 | ca. 1904 Pope-Toledo 24HP Four-Cylinder Rear Entrance Tonneau | E# 2444 | $150,000 - 220,000 (NR) | $134,400 €119,244 | 261 | 1913 Mercer Type 35J "Raceabout" | E# 1462 | $800,000 - 1,000,000 | $896,000 €794,960 | 262 | 1910 Pope-Hartford Model T 40HP Limousine | E# 6201 | $160,000 - 190,000 (NR) | Not Sold | 263 | 1910 Pierce Four | 1811 | $100,000 - 150,000 (NR) | $112,000 €99,370 | 264 | 1910 Packard Model UD '30' 40HP Seven-Passenger Touring | 11982 | $220,000 - 300,000 (NR) | $329,500 €292,343 | 265 | 1906 Rambler Type 3 18/20HP Surrey | 7509 | $60,000 - 80,000 (NR) | $67,200 €59,622 | 266 | 1914 Simplex 50HP "Speedcar" | E# A2-50-59 | $600,000 - 800,000 | $885,000 €785,200 | 267 | 1907 Columbus 10HP Two-Cylinder Autobuggy | E# 142 | $30,000 - 50,000 (NR) | $62,720 €55,647 | 268 | ca. 1906 Studebaker Model G Touring | 944 | $40,000 - 60,000 (NR) | $44,800 €39,748 | 269 | 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SL | WDBBA48D2KA 094740 | $55,000 - 75,000 (NR) | $63,840 €56,640 | 270 | 1988 Ferrari Testarossa | 76758 | $85,000 - 105,000 (NR) | $64,400 €57,137 | 271 | 1951 Lancia Aurelia B20GT Pre-Series Coupe | 1047 | $175,000 - 225,000 | Not Sold | 272 | 1904 Thomas Model 22 3 Cyl. 24 HP "FLYER" REAR ENTRANCE TONNEAU | E# 1083 | $400,000 - 500,000 | $489,000 €433,856 | 273 | 1992 Porsche 964 Carrera RS Coupe | WP0ZZZ96ZNS 491688 | $250,000 - 300,000 (NR) | $184,800 €163,960 | 274 | 1987 Ferrari 328 GTS | 70141 | $75,000 - 100,000 (NR) | $52,640 €46,703 | 275 | 1959 Jaguar Mk IX | 790925BW | $40,000 - 50,000 (NR) | $35,840 €31,798 | 276 | 1938 Cadillac Series 90 5-Passenger Sedan | 5270127 | $50,000 - 60,000 (NR) | $41,440 €36,766 | 277 | 1912 Crow-Elkhart Model 52 Five Passenger Touring | 5348 | $45,000 - 55,000 | $60,480 €53,659 | 278 | 1968-69 3-Liter Repco Brabham-Cosworth BT26/BT26A | BT26-3 | $1,100,000 - 1,400,000 | $1,105,000 €980,392 | 279 | 1968 Porsche 911S Coupe | 11800240 | $190,000 - 230,000 | Not Sold | 280 | 1901 De Dion Bouton 5hp Motorette | 128 | $150,000 - 180,000 | $162,400 €144,086 | 281 | 1971 DeTomaso Pantera | THPNLJ02150 | $120,000 - 140,000 | Not Sold | 282 | 1983 Renault 5 Turbo Hatchback | 130000636 | $110,000 - 130,000 | Not Sold | 283 | 1904 Knox 16/18HP "Tudor" 5-Passenger Touring | 312 | $250,000 - 300,000 | $252,000 €223,582 | 284 | 1906 Stevens-Duryea Model U 5-Passenger Touring | 13027 | $175,000 - 225,000 (NR) | $173,600 €154,023 | 285 | 1913 Stutz Series A Bearcat | 911 | $250,000 - 350,000 (NR) | $201,600 €178,866 | 286 | 1930 Cord L-29 Convertible Sedan | 2927299 | $140,000 - 180,000 (NR) | $156,800 €139,118 | 287 | 1911 Stoddard-Dayton Model 11A Five Passenger Touring | 334 | $120,000 - 150,000 (NR) | $78,400 €69,559 | 288 | 1907 Buick Model G Roadster | 4289 | $75,000 - 95,000 | $58,800 €52,169 | 289 | 1962 Lancia Flaminia Coupe | 823024290 | $35,000 - 45,000 (NR) | $22,400 €19,874 | 290 | 1972 Jaguar E-Type Series III V12 2+2 Coupe | UC1S73228BW | $40,000 - 55,000 (NR) | $29,120 €25,836 | 291 | 1907 Cadillac Model K 10HP Tulip Roadster | 24306 | $55,000 - 70,000 | $44,800 €39,748 | 292 | 1923 Amilcar CGS Two Seater | 7385 | $80,000 - 95,000 | $89,600 €79,496 | 293 | 2000 BMW Z3 M Coupe | WBSCM934XYLC 61257 | $45,000 - 55,000 (NR) | $36,960 €32,792 | 294 | 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 MK III BJ8 | HBJ8U/42311 G | $70,000 - 90,000 (NR) | $42,560 €37,760 | 295 | 1950 Veritas Scorpion Cabriolet | 5095 | $350,000 - 450,000 | Not Sold | 296 | 1991 Acura NSX Coupe | JH4NA1154MT 001707 | $55,000 - 75,000 (NR) | $51,520 €45,710 | 297 | 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 ½ 2+2 Coupe | 1E77750 | $45,000 - 65,000 (NR) | $34,720 €30,804 | 298 | 1964 Jaguar E-Types Series 1 3.8 Roadster | 880875 | $130,000 - 160,000 (NR) | $196,000 €173,897 | 299 | 1977 Chevrolet Nova Grand National | 179 | $175,000 - 225,000 (NR) | Not Sold | 300 | 1971 Intermeccanica Italia Spyder | 50367414 | $125,000 - 175,000 | Not Sold | 301 | 1999 Swift/Ford-Cosworth Single-Seater Racing Indycar | Swift 010.c #008 | $100,000 - 150,000 (NR) | $56,000 €49,685 | 302 | 1926 Minerva AF Town Car | 56543 | $150,000 - 200,000 | $120,400 €106,822 | 303 | 1956 Cooper-Climax 1.5 Liter T-39 'Bobtail' Sports-Racing, Center-Seater | CS11-12-56 | $190,000 - 230,000 | wdn | 304 | 1969 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R | PGC10-000565 | $150,000 - 180,000 | $130,000 €115,340 | 305 | 2001 Rolls-Royce Corniche | SCAZK29E31CX 68509 | $120,000 - 160,000 | Not Sold | 306 | 1939 BSA Scout Two-Seater Sports | E# A4363 | $20,000 - 25,000 (NR) | $16,800 €14,905 | 307 | 1984 RUF Modified Porsche 911 "RUF RSR" | WP0AB0919ES 121843 | $175,000 - 225,000 | Not Sold | 308 | 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 | 10196 | $45,000 - 65,000 (NR) | $38,080 €33,785 | 309 | 1966 Meyers Manx Dune Buggy | 118744375 | $25,000 - 35,000 (NR) | $30,800 €27,326 |
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