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I've had an idea!
Chris - you've identified about 20 BT40s in period so having chassis numbers as high as 36 doesn't make sense. But what if MRD didn't start from 1. Maybe they started from 11? Note that the BT38s appear to jump from BT38/1 to BT38/11. Note also that the one and only BT43 is often referred to as BT43/11, something I've never understood until now. Note that other manufacturers missed out numbers apparantly to give the impression of higher production figures.
Maybe the reason you can't find BT40-1 to BT40-10 is because they weren't built.
I looked in the Brabham+Ralt+Honda book at it says 28 BT40s were built, nine for F2 and 19 for FB. If my theory is right, you should be looking for chassis numbers 11, 12 and 14 through 39. That seems to square much better with what you have got so far.
Allen
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