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I was not comfortable with some of the info, so went digging.
All via Black book 1962-1964 , no chassis numbers in this book, however can make some very good conclusions.
Very much to my surprise the first ref. to a BT2 is with Dick Thompson at Sebring 23-3-1962.
Next up is Brabham Racing at Oulton Park 7-4-1962 with Frank Gardner , should be FJ-3-62.
The next new entries are Jo Schlesser and Jean Moench both in same race at Montlhery , 29-4-1962.Chassis -4 and -5 .
Next is Brabham Racing with both FJ-3-62 and FJ-8-62 at Silverstone for Gardner and for the first time Gavin Youl , 12-5-1962.
Then at Cadwell Park enters Bob Olthoff [ Team Springbox ]BT2-Ford. 20-5-1962. [ FJ-6-62]
Then at Bridgehampton , 3-6-1962 , enter Briggs Cunninham .
Next up , in which car ???? but entered by Brabham Racing is Denis Hulme at Crystal Palace , NOTE , only Brabham Racing entry for the meeting.
By now Olthoff's car has gone to BMC power .
At Road America [ Elkhart Lake ] enters Hap Sharp , 16-6-1962.
At Reims 1-7-1962 we have Gardner, Youl, Schlesser and Moench , while on the same day Olthoff is at Snetterton.
At Watkins Glen ,Driver Augie Pabst , entrant Briggs Cunningham. 14-10-1962.
At Silverstone , 6-10-1962 , we have F.C. Ward,
However all the other U.K./French owned cars still appear with their respective owners/drivers .
We can account for [ probably] , the following.
FJ-2-62 [ Thompson / Sebring / March 62.]??????????????
FJ-3-62 ,Works/ Gardner at first then Youl.
FJ-4-62 , France ,
FJ-5-62 , France.
FJ-6-62 , Olthoff / Ford then BMC.
FJ-7-62, could be a second car to the U.S.A. [ Hap Sharp or Briggs Cunningham , or an entry by Briggs for Sharp.]
Could also be the car in the U.K. for F.C.Ward.
FJ-8-62 , Works / Gardner after early car to Youl.
FJ-9-62, ?????????
FJ-10-62, ???????
FJ-11-62 ,?? but as a real weird one this chassis plate is supposedly fitted to Bib StillwellsBT4[ IC-2-62 ] and the number is reported in correspondence into 1970 by Stillwell, I have seen the letter , but also reported in Historic Racing Cars in Australia [ new MK2 version just released ]
FJ-12-62 , new via Alec Mildren Racing [ Australia ] for customer David Walker ex factory [ info from works about 25 years ago]26-12-1962.
Into 1963 Phillipe Martel appears early with a BT2 then goes to a BT6 , [ a note I have advises he wrote off the BT6 , but maybe it was the BT2 ]
And David McKinney advises the Moench car goes to Klaas Twisk [ The Tulip Stable]
F.C. Ward still has his in mid 1963.
That is the full list of people with these cars in the black book till the end of 1963.
To the few who are not aware FJ-1-61 was the MRD and no FJ-1-62 appears to have been numbered.
Bryan.
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