1959 Cooper T51 Maserati

This was one of the competitors in the Pre '61 Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It's the 1959 Cooper T51 Maserati of the late Steve O'Rourke, better known as manager of Pink Floyd. The car is chassis F2/16/59 and was originally supplied with a Coventry Climax 2 litre engine to an Australian customer. After several owners in Australia it went to the USA and then in 1990 to Steve O'Rourke who had a 2 litre Maserati engine fitted.