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1952 Cooper-Norton Mark VI 500cc Formula 3 Racing Single-Seater
United States • 5 Oct 2015
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This 1952 Cooper-Norton Mark VI is a rare Formula 3 racing single-seater with a significant history, offered from the Lex du Pont Collection. It features a unique Triumph 'Speed Twin' 500cc engine modified by du Pont, and is presented in time-warp condition, suitable for museum preservation or racing restoration.
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This Cooper-Norton Mark VI is described as being in 'time-warp condition' and having been preserved since its racing heyday in the 1950s. It retains its original components and unique engine modification by Lex du Pont, indicating careful preservation rather than restoration.
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MK6/21/52
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RHD
500cc Triumph 2-Cylinder Air Cooled Engine Twin Amal Side Draft Carburetors 50hp Approx.
4-Speed Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Integral Drum Brakes *Time-warp Cooper with great history *One owner from new *One of the more successful F3 cars raced in America COOPER Today the British Cooper Car Company is remembered as having been the marque responsible for the 'Rear-Engined Revolution' which overwhelmed the motor racing world from 1958-1960 .
It had all begun immediately after World War 2 when John Cooper and his father Charles, with John's school friend Eric Brandon, built their first air-cooled 500cc motorcycle-engined Cooper cars.
The boys had so much fun that numerous would-be customers stepped forward to order replica cars for 1948, and the Coopers – father and son – founded their car company to meet this demand.
By 1950 the FIA International governing body recognized 500cc single-seater racing as their Formula 3 schoolroom class, and the cars proliferated worldwide, with Coop...
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