So you can see the problem with chassis number F1-2-61...

Quite likely the same kind of 'convenience' came into play with it.

Lex Davison purchased this from Bowmaker in February/March 1962 and raced it through until just a year later when he tried to punch holes in the Longford pub walls. Davison rebuilt a car using a spare chassis Brabham had and F1-2-61 was sold to Don Fraser in South Australia to reappear with a BRM engine in 1965.

So that chassis number left New Zealand in 1962 and was free to return without raising any questions in official places.

So it appears that the same chassis number was carried by the spare car brought to the Antipodes by Parnell/Bowmaker and loaned/leased/offered to Palmer for the 1963 season. Nine months after Davison's crash at Longford.

At the same time, it's definite that Bowmaker owned the T58 in November 1962, so that can't have been Davison's car. This car was fitted with a BRM V8 and practised for the Mexican GP.

Then disappeared...

Michael, whatever photos Jim might have of his 1963 mount could well give Allen some clues as to whether or not it was really the T58. This is the car he ran prior to getting the Hyslop car, the one in the little photo Ken has linked.