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David Boshier-Jones in his Cooper at Bo'ness in 1960. Photo by Ian Frost

Speedway rider Dick Campbell at a Durban hill climb circa 1955. Photo courtesy Rob Young.

Mike Gilbert at Prescott in 1960. The car is Cooper Mk V, with a modified nose for which he paid £145. The radical new helmet with the side pieces on cost a fiver and the ex-RAF goggles were half a crown.

Chris "Ginger" Fergusson at Grand Central circuit near Johannesburg in 1954. Photo courtesy Rob Young.
 

The pack stream through Paddock Bend 9th October 1955. Photo courtesy Roy & Phillip Mayne.

Roy Mayne, Blandford 1956. Photo courtesy Roy & Phillip Mayne.

Phil Hill tries Richard Frank's Cooper for size at Monterey 2006. Photo courtesy of Karol Andrews.

Tom Franges (Cooper Mk XI) and Gary Simken in Ian Gordon's Cooper Mk V at Monterey 2006 Photo by Tam McPartland  www.tamsoldracecarsite.net

Cooper in ice racing trim.

Photo courtesy of Reijo Heurlin

Moss rolls his Cooper at Castle Combe in October 1953 during the Formula Libre race. He was struck by Rolt's Connaught at Quarry and retired to Bristol Infirmary....

D.M. Rogers at Silverstone in 1962 in his Cooper Mk IX

Photo courtesy of Michael Rogers

Moss talks to Briggs Cunningham, with Cyril Kieft and Ray Martin, at Silverstone on 11th July 1951. Photo courtesy of Paul Skilleter.

A lovely shot of a Mk V Cooper at Brands Hatch in September 1952. Photo courtesy of Nick Coe.

A paddock scene from Santa Barbara in 1955. Courtesy of Doug Stokes.

Bruce Kessler on his way to win the Formula 3 race at Seafair, Seattle.

Tommy Bridger at Brands Hatch 1958. Photo courtesy Richard Prescott.

Roy Mayne at Blandford in 1956. Photo A. Hollister.

Moss and Russell with their winners garlands, 1954. Photo courtesy of John Furlong.

The start of the BRSCC 500 race at Crystal Palace in May 1955.

Test Day at Brands Hatch, Stuart Lewis-Evans in discussion with John Furlong. Brother Adrian to the right. Photo courtesy of John Furlong.

A Brace of Coopers at the International Sports Car Show.

Racing drivers always get the pretty girl! The Cooper streamlined car.

Two boys help with G.S. Whitby's special.

The Kumbang Special in action.

Evelyn Kindersley "Pip" Pulliblank in his Marwyn JAP with the rear bodywork removed. Photo Courtesy of Irene Pulliblank.

Denis Taylor in an Arnott at Brands Hatch in July 1952. The circuit was anti clockwise and there was no Druids loop at that time. Photo Courtesy of John Furlong.

Jim Russell and Ivor Bueb discuss their Cooper Mk IX with a works mechanic, complete with fag!

Forming the grid at Roskildering, Denmark, in 1958.

Streaming through the new Druids hairpin in December 1954. Photo by Ian Frost.

The start at Crystal Palace in 1954. Photo by Ian Frost.

A spin at the new Druids hairpin in 1954. Photo by Ian Frost.

The start of the Silverstone 100 mile race in September 1955.

The grid at Goodwood in 1956.

Les Leston in the Leston Special at Crystal Palace.

The Grid at Brands Hatch, 1958. Photo by Ian Frost.

Neck and Neck at Thames Ditton in 1949.

Forming up on the dummy grid at Goodwood in 2002. The Parker Kieft in the foreground.

The starting grid at Brands Hatch, September 1950. In the early days, cars raced anti- clockwise.

Chris Featherstone lifts a wheel in the Emeryson.

The "Cooper on the roof" of Major Braid. Bardon Special, Iota and another Cooper continue. Blandford 1949.

You don't get this with modern racing! A Cooper at the limit.

A Cooper tackles Rest and be Thankful. Photo by Ian Frost

Moss and Brandon lead from the start at Goodwood.

The first corner at Roskildering, Denmark

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