The Cooper T51 was the first rear engined F1 racing car to win the F1 world constructors championship in 1959. It also gave Jack Brabham his first World Drivers Championship, thus earning itself a significant place in motor racing history. This T51 is the 1.5 ltr Coventry Climax version that raced mainly .....
Chassis number FII/28/59 was entered into the Cooper Car Company records as 1959 Model 1500cc Mk1V Formula II sold in October 1959 to SA Power Tool and Equipment Co. fitted with a FPF Coventry Climax engine. Although the record shows shipment to South Africa the SA Power Tool and Equipment Company .....
Originally owned by Lance Reventlow, once described as, “..the richest baby in the world.” Reventlow was the son of Barbara Hutton (who at one time was married to Cary Grant) and heir to the Woolworth fortune. He was able to indulge his pleasures and enjoyed racing cars (even setting up the famous .....
