1958 COOPER-CLIMAX

GRAND PRIX,

1.96 LITRES (GB):

HISTORY OF THE MOTOR CAR:

Illustrated by Kenneth Rush

Described by Peter Hull:

Issued with BROOKE BOND TEA

And Tea Bags,

Heathrow House, Cranford, Middlesex:

A SERIES OF 50 NO. 45

John Cooper (b.1923) with his father Charles
had built very successful little 500 c.c racing cars
immediately after the war,
with rear mounted motorcycle engines.

After building front engined Formula 2 (voiturette) Bristol-engined cars,
they entered the Grand Prix field with this basically
Formula 2 Coventry-Climax mid-engined car
under the sponsorship of Rob Walker,
and with its low weight and small frontal area
it beat the larger 2 1/2 litre front engined cars early in 1958
in the Argentine and Monaco Grand Prixs.
Within 3 years the Cooper layout
with the engine behind the driver
was universal in Grand Prix racing.