1949 Cooper 500 MK III racing car mb-width 3131 22nd May 1987

22nd May 1987

Men on a shoot with a 1939 Bedford HC 5/6cwt

A coney or rabbit skin seller

has crashed with Peter Collins

'The industrious 'prentice alderman of London

1949 Cooper 500 MK III racing car mb-width 3131 22nd May 19871949 Cooper 500 MK III racing car. The Cooper Car Company Ltd was incorporated by Charles Cooper and his son John in December 1947, pioneering quantity production of racing cars and soon exporting around the world. Motor racing was an upper class sport until enthusiasts in Bristol founded the 500 Club in 1945, showing that cars powered by single cylinder 500cc motorcycle engines could be made for only 150. In 1946, John Cooper welded the front ends of