BRM DE GRUPO 7

Specific history of this car:
BRM, also known as the British Ferraris, entered the Can-Am series in 1970 with the BRM P154, of which only two cars were built. There were several failures during the 1970 season and unfortunately BRM's Chevy engines were not very reliable. George Eaton was hired as the main driver and Pedro Rodriguez joined for the last three races and a steady improvement resulted in a podium finish at Riverside for the talented mexican. Unfortunately until today it is not proved who drove which specific chassis at which race:


Tony Southgate, one of the main engineers behind the project, confirmes the following in writing about this specific car in 1987: “On returning to England after Riverside, we decided to revise the P154, to improve the aerodynamics and the suspension. A wind tunnel test later in 1970 produced the shovel nose and revised rear tail section plus wing. The work was started almost immediately. It was planned to convert the existing chassis and also built a new car to be raced in 1971 in the Interseries and the Can-Am series.”

With the arrival of the new car, BRM P167, which was driven to success by Redman, Rodriguez and others, BRM lost interest in the P154. A few years later, in the meantime the sistercar was lost to the ocean due to a tragic boat accident, Hepworth racing purchased for a client the entire P154 program. They kept the car until the late 1980s, before it was sold to Michael Wheatley. We believe that Wheatley only had the car a short while and sparingly used his BRM. P154 was then sold to a Mr Ulf Boman, Sweden, who kept the car in his private collection. The last owner, a well known historic racer, tracked down the car in Sweden in 1992 and purchased the car in order to race it in Germany. The car was restored entirely with great attention to authenticity and details. Within the last 16 years the BRM P154 has been driven to many wins in the Orwell Supersport Series and is now certainly one of the fastest existing Can-Am cars on the planet.
P154 is now presented in perfect, race-ready condition throughout. The car has an extremely high overall finish and will be sold with a Hewland gearbox and a correct and fresh 8.8-litre V8 big block engine, producing around 860bhp and 1.250nm of torque! It accompanies a very interesting history files which includes period press photos, letters from T. Southgate and D. Hepworth as well as old racing reports. If required, a very large spare package could be purchased with the car.