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1966: Jack Brabham became the first and only driver to win a F1 Drivers' World Championship in a car of his own construction. The team also won the Constructors' Championship. The cars were fitted with 2-cam (2 valves/cyl.) Repco V8s.

1967: Denny Hulme won the F1 Drivers' World Championship in Brabham and the team won the Constructors' Championship.

1968: A new 4-cam V8 Repco type 860 engine was less reliable and Ford Cosworth DFV V8s were used in 1969.
2019 March 7: A 1968 F1 Brabham BT26/BT26A (Jochen Rindt / Jacky Ickx), fitted with a 3-litre Cosworth V8 as per 1969, chassis #BT26/3, engine #1986, sold for us$1,105,000 (au$1,570,000) at Bonham's Amelia Island auction.

1978, June 17: Niki Lauda drove the F1 Brabham 'BT46B' "fan car" to its only race win at Anderstorp, Sweden.

2016: Brabham Automotive was established, Edinburgh Parks, Northern Adelaide.

2018, July 12-15: The Brabham 'BT62' track-only car appeared at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, 972kg, 710ps, au$1.8 million. (Jan. 2019: Brabham announced that your BT62 could be made road legal – for £150,000.)

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