Posted 4 years ago
dav2no1
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Corgi Rob Walker - Brooke Bond Oxo Surtees TS 9 F1 Race Car
I believe this is a Corgi Wiz Wheels car.
Here we have a Rob Walker #23 F1 car. Dad worked for Boeing and was on a trip to England. When he returned he brought this back. If I remember correctly it belonged to my brother and then I got it.
Rob Walker Racing Team was a privateer team in Formula One during the 1950s and 1960s. Founded by Johnnie Walker heir Rob Walker (1917-2002) in 1953, the team became F1's most successful privateer in history, being the first and (along with Giancarlo Baghetti´s team FISA) only entrant to win a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix without ever building their own car.
Rob Walker took his Brooke Bond Oxo sponsorship to Surtees for the 1971-73 seasons, and took to managing Mike Hailwood's career. The last vestiges of Rob Walker Racing Team ended in 1974 when he retired from active participation in motorsports at the age of 57.
