 |
 |
 |
 |
| 1964 Brabham-BRM BT8 (Goodwood, 1964): Brabham (Motor Racing Developments) diverted from making open wheel cars with the introduction of the BT5 sports racing car in 1963. Following the success of that car, Ron Tauranac designed its successor the BT8. Using the same tubular space frame chassis with a fiberglass body on the mid-engine car, the BT8 was designed to accept larger more powerful engines than the BT5. Twelve cars were built between 1964-1966, with most built to house the 2.0L Coventry-Climax 4-Cylinder engine. One car was built and raced by Jack Brabham which housed a 2.7L Repco V8 engine. That car was the genesis for this car (Ch. #SC-5-64), which was built with a 1.9L V8 BRM F1 engine for Team Rosebud. Model by AUTOMODELLI STUDIOS 1/43 |
1964 Brabham-BRM BT8 (Goodwood, 1964): Team Rosebud from Texas hired Jack Brabham to race their BT8 at its inaugural race, the Lavant Cup at Goodwood, where Brabham finished 3rd overall and first in class. It was subsequently shipped back to the USA where it was driven with success by Trevor Taylor at the Riverside 200 and Laguna Seca 200, winning its class. After its active race career ended, it passed through many hands including those of Bobby Rahal and friend Steve Pike. While the BT8's became the cars to beat in the mid-60's, its successor the BT17 was not successful and after, Brabham focused solely on building formula cars. Model by AUTOMODELLI STUDIOS 1/43 |
1967 Hino BRE Samurai: The legendary Peter Brock Base had formed BRE after he left Shelby. One of the first projects at BRE was the development of Hino sedans for racing in the USA. Successful, it caught the attention of the Japanese auto industry and Hino asked Brock to design a prototype race car for the Japanese GP and Le Mans. Powered by a modified 1.3L Hino 4-cyliner engine, the Samarai was hailed worldwide as a design triumph. Race officials at the Japanese GP were less impressedand ruled the car did not have sufficient ground clearance to run. The deal with Hino ended, but led to his involvemnet with Datsun/Nissan and that is another story! Base signed by Peter Brock Model by EBBRO 1/43 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 1980 Mazda RX-7: Win Percy first began his association with Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) in 1980, driving this Mazda backed, TWR prepared RX-7. The relationship with TWR that would span well over a decade started off in spectacular fashion, with Percy winning the Drivers Championship in the British Saloon Car Championship in 1980; winning all ten races entered. Percy would go on to win the Championship again in a Mazda in 1981 and for Toyota in 1982. He finished second in 1986 driving a TWR Rover. TWR also entered a team of RX-7's at Spa 24-Hours in 1980, with Percy and Peter Lovett was leading its class when an hour and a half before the finish a wheel came off. The car was disqualified when Percey received outside assistance in trying to reattach the wheel. A first generation RX-7, the TWR prepared 1.1L rotary engined car produced 250 bhp and revs up to 10,800 RPM! Model by ATLAS 1/43 |
1982 Dome RC82i(March): Eliseo Salazar, Chris Craft and Nick Mason raced this Ford Cosworth powered Dome RC82i at Le Mans in 1983 in Group C. They failed to finish the race due to a blown clutch and were classified in 40th position. The RC82i was built on a March chassis and powered by the long-distance racing version of the Cosworth DSV, the DSL V8 of 3.3L. It was raced at Le Mans three times in 1982-84. Model by BIZARRE 1/43 |
1991 Mazda 787B (LE MANS WINNER): Using Mazda's R26B rotary engine, the 787B was developed for Group C and IMSA racing during the 190-91 seasons. The four-rotor R26B featured three spark plugs per rotor and had a maximum power output of 900 hp, which was limited to 700 hp during the race for longevity. The 787B used Porsche's five-speed gearbox. This car is the winner of the 1991 Le Mans 24 hour, with Volker Weidler, Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot at the controls. Model by IXO 1/43 |
2001 Dome S101: Dome returned to Le Mans as a manufacturer in 2001, after having entered a modified version of the 1999 Le Mans winning BMW LMP V12 in 2000. For '01, Dome had a completely new carbon fibre / aluminium honeycomb chassis. Powered by a 4.0L Judd V10, the S101 produced 600 bhp for Jan Lammers' Racing for Holland team, with Donny Crevels & Val Hillebrand. Qualifying fourth, Lammers led Le Mans until electrical problems ended their promising debut race. Model by SPARK 1/43 |
THE SIGNATURE PROJECT & RACING DIORAMAS
GREAT AUTOMOTIVE MAKES & RACING TEAMS:
AMERICAN MARQUES:
CHAPARRAL
CHEVROLET & GM POWER
CUNNINGHAM EQUIPE
FORD POWER: GT40's, MUSTANGS, MIRAGE & MORE
SHELBY-FORD'S: COBRAS, DAYTONAS, GT40's & MUSTANGS
AMERICAN MADE (MISC. MARQUES)
ASIAN, AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND MARQUES:
DATSUN/NISSAN RACING
McLAREN RACING
TOYOTA RACE & PRODUCTION
ASIAN, AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND MADE (MISC. MARQUES)
BRITISH MARQUES:
ASTON MARTIN RACE & PRODUCTION
AUSTIN HEALEY & HEALEY
ECURIE ECOSSE
LOLA SPORTS CARS
LOTUS RACE & PRODUCTION
MG CARS
TRIUMPH RACE & PRODUCTION
BRITISH MADE (MISC. MARQUES)
FRENCH MARQUES:
FRENCH MADE (MISC. MARQUES)
GERMAN & SWEDISH MARQUES:
AUDI RACING
BMW RACE & PRODUCTION
MERCEDES BENZ
GERMAN & SWEDISH MADE (MISC. MARQUES)
ITALIAN MARQUES:
ABARTH RACING
ALFA ROMEO RACE & PRODUCTION
LANCIA RACE & PRODUCTION
MASERATI RACE & PRODUCTION
ITALIAN & SPANISH MADE (MISC. MARQUES)
VETERAN, CLASSIC & SPECIAL INTEREST CARS All MARQUES
THE TRIPLE CROWN OF ENDURANCE RACES:
THE 24 HOURS of LE MANS 1923-2020
THE 12 Hours of SEBRING WINNERS
THE 24 HOURS of DAYTONA WINNERS
DRIVER TRIBUTES:
THE OLD IRISH RACING HALL OF FAME
JUAN MANUEL FANGIO TRIBUTE
STIRLING MOSS TRIBUTE
WORLD DRIVER & CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONS 1950 - 1985
PLAY BALL! - IT'S BASEBALL TIME:
A TRIBUTE TO BOYHOOD HEROES AND MY DAD
For copies of images, questions or comments about the collection to: OLD IRISH RACING
Back to: OLD IRISH RACING MODELS INDEX Home Page
Back to: OLD IRISH RACING Home Page Legal stuff: Content and images on this website are the property and content of Old Irish Racing and may not be used without permission. Old Irish Racing is not affiliated with, or represent any other entity. All pages on this website Copyright-Old Irish Racing 2022
PLEASE NOTE: From 1968 into the 1990's tobacco companies sponsored many significant race cars. We don't promote tobacco use, rather we stronly discourage it. However, we do promote historical accuracy, Old Irish Racing chooses
to display models in our collection as historically accurate as possible. While seeing a tobacco advert on a car gives me no more desire to go smoke than seeing a car makes me want to go
suck on its exhaust pipe. If tobacco (or alcohol) adverts on race cars offend you, please go look at nice pictures of bunnies and kittens on another site. Thank you!
This is a private collection, pieces are not for sale!