Memorials & monuments · London
Cooper Car Company
Cooper Car Company — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.
Dennis Turner — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Cooper Car Company is a memorial located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Cooper Car Company was a British car manufacturer founded in December 1947 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles's small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England, in 1946. Through the 1950s and early 1960s they reached motor racing's highest levels as their mid-engined, single-seat cars competed in both Formula One and the Indianapolis 500, and their Mini Cooper dominated rally racing. The Cooper name lives on in the Cooper versions of the Mini production cars that are built in England, but is now owned and marketed by BMW.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The first cars built by the Coopers were single-seat 500-cc Formula Three racing cars driven by John Cooper and Eric Brandon, and powered by a JAP motorcycle engine. Since materials were in short supply immediately after World War II, the prototypes were constructed by joining two old Fiat Topolino front-ends together. According to John Cooper, the stroke of genius that would make the Coopers an automotive legend—the location of the engine behind the driver in the Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout pioneered by German race cars in the 1920s and 1930s—was merely a practical matter at the time. As the car was powered by a motorcycle engine, with its gearbox driving a chain, they…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3857, -0.2952
- District
- Kingston upon Thames
- Parish
- Kingston upon Thames, unparished area
- Postcode
- KT6 7AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
Sources
- osm: node/8032634496 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Cooper Car Company (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cooper Car Company?
- Cooper Car Company is in London, United Kingdom (postcode KT6 7AA), in the parish of Kingston upon Thames, unparished area.
- Is Cooper Car Company free to visit?
- Yes, Cooper Car Company is free to enter.
- How do I get to Cooper Car Company?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KT6 7AA. It sits within the Kingston and Surbiton parliamentary constituency.