WWWW#1790 Joe Huffaker / BMC Aston-Martin Cooper / San Francisco / 1963

[Otto Puzzell]

Please, respond below and share your knowledge of what this is, who is the gentleman in the picture, where the picture was taken, and what year.  

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[billtorrance9999]

Cooper?  Looks like their works in Surbiton.  Note Dunlop R5 tyres too

[Otto Puzzell]

Follow that hunch

[Otto Puzzell]

Experts?

[D-type]

The Cooper T54 Indianapolis car being rebuilt into the BMC Aston Martin Cooper that Pedro Rodriguez failed to qualify in 1962
So, the year will be 1962 and the place is the Cooper factory
I'm not sure about the person - is it Ron Dennis?

[Otto Puzzell]

You've got the car, but that's not Ron

[D-type]

Next guess: John Cooper?

[Carnut]

Max Mosley?!

[Otto Puzzell]

Not cooper, nor Mosley.

The picture was not taken in the UK, nor in 1962.

[D-type]

Let's try again
Date? 1963
Place? Kjell Kvale's San Francisco workshop
Who? Kjell Kvale

[Otto Puzzell]

2 of 3

Not KK

[D-type]

No further ideas.  Anybody?

[Carnut]

Briggs Cunningham?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not him

[Otto Puzzell]

The mystery man is well-known in racing, and helped to engineer many Anglo-Saxon race cars.

To save some time, it is not Caroll Shelby

[Aaron65]

Phil Remington?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not him

[Aaron65]

Peter Brock?

[Otto Puzzell]

Nope

[Otto Puzzell]

Pro point...

[metalshapes]

Joe Huffaker redies the BMC Aston-Martin Cooper in San Francisco prior to shipment for trials at the 1963 Indy 500.

[ImpishGrin]

Damn, I was waiting for it for so long to come here and I finally missed it :/

[Otto Puzzell]

Joe Huffaker redies the BMC Aston-Martin Cooper in San Francisco prior to shipment for trials at the 1963 Indy 500.

Correct!