1949 Cooper 500 MK III racing car mb-width 3131 T Thornycroft in a Thornycroft

T Thornycroft in a Thornycroft car in a TT race

has crashed with Peter Collins

7th February 1987

22nd May 1987

Charles Rolls on the way to winning the Isle of Man TT race in a 20 hp Rolls-Royce

1949 Cooper 500 MK III racing car mb-width 3131 T Thornycroft in a Thornycroft1949 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