Reader Alexander Trimmel sent me a picture, taken during the event and showing perhaps a bit of a surprise. He wrote: "Hello Jeroen,
I do not know if you have it... For me, this is a very interesting shot, taken on the 1st January 1968, South African Grand Prix: In the foreground, you see Jack Pretorius in his Brabham BT11 4-cylinder Coventry Climax FPF. But have a look at the car in the background...
Hey! That's a Mini Marcos. In blue and yellow, like mine (it's not that though) and with notable pattern in the striping. Anyone who knows more about it?
UPDATE 2 September 2020: It's Peter Kat in the factory-built ex-Le Mans racer, as confirmed by a copy of the race program sent in by reader Surfblue63 and mentioning the car as having 1143cc. Now we know for sure the green 1967 Le Mans car was repainted when in Africa. More (black and white) pictures of it can be found here and here.
Yes, there's a Brabham-Climax Formula 1 car in this picture. But look behind it!
Picture via Alexander Trimmel
That's a very familiar looking pattern to the rear lights and a rather large filler cap, I'd say it's HUD in local colour scheme.
ReplyDeleteThat would be cool!
DeleteThat is Peter Kat. He was entered in the STP Sports Car race that day.
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I was blind all the time, just didn't think the '67 Le Mans car could have been painted blue and yellow. But it's that for sure. Thank you very much!
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