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 1959  Cooper  T51  

   

Year  1959  Make  Cooper  Model  T51  

Chassis  Number  F2-­‐23-­‐59  Engine  2500  Climax  FPF  

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F2-­‐23-­‐59  started  life  in  1959  as  a  “works”  car  for  the  Cooper  Grand  Prix  team.  The  car  was  used  by  Bruce  McLaren  throughout  the  year.  The  Cooper  team  won  the  World  Constructors  championship  and  McLaren  in  his  first  full  season  took  his  maiden  Grand  Prix  victory  at  

Sebring  in  the  US  Grand  Prix.                                  

For  the  1960  season  the  T51  was  replaced  by  the  “low-­‐line”  T53  thus  making  F2-­‐23-­‐59  redundant  for  “works”  use.  The  car  was  sold  to  Fred  Tuck  &  Horace  Gould.  Tuck  privately  entered  the  car  into  numerous  Grand  Prix  in  1960  with  various  drivers  taking  the  wheel  

including  Roy  Salvadori  and  Lucien  Bianchi.  Bianchi  scored  a  best  result  of  6th  place  finish  in  the  Monaco  Grand  Prix.  

   

     

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When  in  1961  the  regulaSons  for  Formula  1  changed  he  car  was  fiTed  with  a  1.5litre  Coventry  Climax  engine  and  liTle  is  known  about  the  races  it  did.  At  the  end  of  the  season  American  Frank  Dochnal  bought  the  car  and  shipped  it  to  the  States  where  he  won  first  Sme  out  at  a  race  at  the  Riverside  speedway.  Dochnal  conSnued  to  use  the  car  and  even  entered  

the  1963  Mexican  Grand  Prix  where  he  failed  to  start  due  to  a  pracSce  accident.  

NaSonal  racer  Ed  Mackey  purchased  the  car  from  Dochnal  and  campaigned  the  car  naSonwide.  His  relentless  determinaSon  and  the  Cooper’s  amazing  reliability  won  him  the  

1966  SCCA  Southern  Pacific  Division  Formula  A  championship.  

A[er  another  ownership  change  Steve  Froines  purchased  the  car  in  early  70’s.  He  restored  the  car  to  the  correct  specificaSon  and  reunited  her  with  the  correct  2.5litre  engine  and  ERSA  gearbox.  A[er  over  thirty  years  of  ownership  he  sold  the  car  to  well  known  historic  

racer  Murray  Smith  in  2006  

The  current  owner  purchased  the  car  in  2008  and  with  preparaSon  from  Neil  Twyman’s  team  they  achieved  fantasSc  results  in  HGPCA  events  in  the  past  four  years  including    

outright  wins  in  the  Monaco  Historique.  

The  car  is  referred  to  and  documented  in  Doug  Nye’s  Cooper  Cars  book.  

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Contact:  

David  Clark:  [email protected]  +44 7831 392800

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