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Charles Newton " Charlie " Cooper (14 October 1893 – 2 October 1964) [1] was a British motorsport mechanic, designer and entrepreneur. With his son John Cooper he founded the Cooper Car Company, which produced a string of successful racing cars through the 1950s and '60s.
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.
Charles Newton "Charlie" Cooper (14 October 1893 – 2 October 1964) was a British motorsport mechanic, designer and entrepreneur. With his son John Cooper he founded the Cooper Car Company, which produced a string of successful racing cars through the 1950s and '60s.
Charles Newton "Charlie" Cooper (14 October 1893 – 2 October 1964) was a British motorsport mechanic, designer and entrepreneur. With his son John Cooper he founded the Cooper Car Company , which produced a string of successful racing cars through the 1950s and '60s.
Charles Cooper had already worked in motor sport as a mechanic and manager to Kaye Don before the war and in 1946 he built the first Coopers, two 500cc machines for his son John and Eric Brandon. The front and rear suspension of these cars used the front end of the Fiat Topolino and the power came from rear-mounted JAP speedway engines.
In 1936, Cooper-Bessemer introduced the GMV integral gas engine compressor which was produced for many years at the Mount Vernon plant. This engine, manufactured in four through ten cylinder models, became the most responsive product to scavenging innovations, and it created greatly improved efficiency and increased specific power output.
Jan 1, 2015 · 1964 was a tragic year for the Cooper Car Company. Founder Charles Cooper died and his son John had to ask Ken Tyrrell to run the Formula 1 team after he was injured in a serious car accident. Cooper fared poorly in 1965 and John decided to sell the team to the Chipstead Motor Group. He retired from racing and opened a car dealership.
