This very interesting and attractive Historic racing single-seat Cooper was the subject of a letter written in October 1977 by Duncan Rabagliati – celebrated and widely respected co-founder of The Formula 1 Register group – which described it as follows: “This is the Beart-Cooper F2 car driven in 1959 by fast rising young Yorkshire star Trevor Taylor.

In 1960, owned by C.T.

(‘Tommy’) Atkins and driven by Roy Salvadori and in 1961, still owned by Atkins and driven by george Morgan in F1.

I last heard news of it in 1964 owned by Graham White…” A further letter in the documentation file accompanying this Cooper comjes from Brian Classic Limited, explaining that “Brian bought the F2 (Cooper) from a British Car Auctions Vintage and Specialist car sale during 1973 according to our records.

It is possible that Hexagon of Highgate owned the car for quite a period…”.

Yet another illuminating letter in the file came from Tony Mantle – the renowned specialist Coventry Climax engine builder/p...