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Originally Posted by Pete Brennan
... don't know how the Brabham name got attached to it.
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Simple really. The car upon which it was based was originally the Alister Douglas-Osborn Brabham BT38. That car was modified twice by Mike Pilbeam first as the R15 then as the R22. When Malcolm Dungworth was developing the new Hillclimb Car for the Waring & Gillow Team he copied the R22 however there were no BT38 tubs about so they had a replica made. Before the first car was completed Mike Pilbeam was invited to inspect the work in progress and was so impressed that he allowed them to (a) call the car a Pilbeam, and (b) use the new format model number for the car (MP22).
