Jack Brabham's 1960 World Championship winning car.
History
Jack Brabham was born in 1926 in Sydney, Australia. As triple world champion his name became synonymous with Grand Prix racing and in 1979 he was honoured as the first driver in history to be knighted for his services to motor sport.
Brabham established himself in Australian racing before moving to Europe in 1955 where he began driving as a member of the Cooper ‘works’ team in 1957. It was a very successful partnership resulting in Brabham’s first two Formula One World Championship titles, in 1959 and 1960, while Cooper Climax won the Constructors title. Both years running. The spectacular 1960 World Championship was clinched on 14 August at Oporto in Portugal with 2 races of the season still remaining but Brabham, driving the revolutionary rear-engined T53, had achieved five straight victories in the season so far and was impossible to beat.
The Cooper Climax T53 1960, as modeled by Scalextric, raced in the Portuguese GP with an in-line four 2462cc capacity engine with double overhead camshafts, a 5 speed gearbox with a dry 2 plate clutch. The chassis is a space-frame construction, with coil springs and cast magnesium alloy wheels.
The Scalextric car
Exclusively produced by Scalextric with a rear mounted in-line motor as part of our Scalextric Classic GP limited edition collectable range.
Advantages: The fine detail of this car makes it a model to display as well as race. The narrow but treaded tyres give good grip whilst the powerful motor emulates the real life racing of yesteryear giving good power slides around corners.
Features:
Rear mounted, in line motor. Fine detail wheels. Fine treaded tyres.
Quick change braid plate.
Dimensions & Configuration
Car: Overall length 115 mm, Wheelbase 70mm, Weight 48 gm
Rear: Axle width 49 mm, Tyre diameter 22 mm, Width 7 mm
Front: Axle width 44mm, Tyre diameter 21 mm, Width 6 mm
Magnet: Dot 2.5 mm, Gear ratio 09:27
Motor: In-Line Rear Mounted 2 wheel drive Mabuchi FF, 18k rpm
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