Brut force
Assisted by the likes of Henry Cooper, Barry Sheene and Kevin Keegan, men's fragrance Brut achieved international prominence and for several years in the late sixties was the UK's biggest-selling aftershave. Eventually, sales began to fall off and in an effort to regain lost sales Fabergé, Brut's owners at the time, introduced a budget product called Brut 33. The company marketed the product hard and, in the UK, motor racing played a large part in their plans. With saloon car racing becoming incredibly popular it was an obvious choice.
Stuart Graham in his Brut 33 sponsored 'Group 1' Z28 Camaro featured strongly in the British Saloon Car Championship (now Touring Cars) during 1974 and 1975 much to the delight of Fabergé who noted a marked increase in sales. Their motorsport involvement continued in 1978 and 1979 when respected Touring Car engineer, Ted Grace in Pershore, was commissioned to build a couple of 3.0S Capris to contest the BSCC, driven by Stuart Graham in England and Bernard Largier in Belgium and France. The car featured here is an exact copy of the Fabergé Capris built to the ultimate new British Touring Car FIA specification.
Silverstone Auctions will be offering this stunning 1980 Ford Capri 3.0S Fabergé Race Car as part of their upcoming NEC Classic Live Online Auction held between the 13-14th November. For more information on this and other vehicles at the sale, click on the link below.
Photos: © Courtesy of Silverstone Auctions.