This year marks the 60th anniversary of the partnership between Mini and John Cooper
Born in Surrey, England, on July 17 1923, Cooper was a veteran of Formula 1 who in the 1950s pretty much revolutionised the sport forever with the advent of his lightweight rear-engined chassis design that was soon embraced and adapted by all serious constructors.
number 74 on the bonnet and doors — a hat-tip to a classic Mini Cooper that wore the starting number 74 when it won its first race at the Snetterton Lombank Trophy back in the day. Yeah, not obscure at all.
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