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 .....
Cooper 500cc F3 -500 OWNERS ASSOC Registration No. 075 -500cc Jap 84s engine, No .: 84s76467B -Carburator: Amal Mk1 racing carb with two float chambers -Year: 1959 or 58 -Gearbox specially reinforced AMC racing gearbox, Nr.:17867, 4 speed -Clutch: Norton. The car was found in 1985 on a children's carousel .....
