1952 BRM V16 No.5 Gonzales

Name: 1952 BRM V16 No.5 Gonzales
Brand: Brooklin Models

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Following the end of the second world war Raymond Mays, Who has built and raced the pre-war ERA’s, put together a consortium of nearly 350 companies to build an all British grand prix car. The resultant Type 15 BRM had a supercharged V16 engine producing almost 600bhp from just 1.5 litres, in 1949! However it proved to complicated and unreliable, the organisation too unwieldy and the car difficult to drive. The cars’ very public debut failure at Silverstone in 1950 was followed by two wins, driven by Reg Parnell, at Goodwood later in the year. But success did not continue, the project eventual

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Registered at Companies House as BROOKLIN MODELS LIMITED, number 09580519. Checked 2026-08-29.
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Majority ownership sits in Italy, with Mr Nicola Bulgari. Companies House.
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1952 BRM V16 No.5 Gonzales

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