Owen Maddock
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Owen Richard Maddock was a British engineer and racing car designer, who was chief designer for the Cooper Car Company between 1950 and 1963. During this time Maddock designed a string of successful racing cars, including the Formula One World Championship-winning Cooper T51 and T53 models.
A Mk. IX Cooper 1100, fitted with a JAP V-twin engine. The curved chassis tubes (black) can be seen above and below the engine crankcase.
A Cooper T39 'Bob-tail' (right) alongside an Aston Martin DB3S, during a historic race meeting at Donington Park in 2007
Cooper T41 at Donington in 2007
Cooper T41 at the Silverstone Classic in 2011
Cooper Car Company
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The Cooper Car Company is 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.
Cooper Mk IV of circa 1950
Cooper with 500-cc Norton Manx engine
Norton Manx Engine
Cooper Mark IX of 1956: This example is powered by an 1100-cc JAP engine.