Solved NIC#687 - 1955 Cooper-Maserati T25

[nicanary]

What is this car?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[Willie McCrum]

There's something a bit Cooper Bristol-ish about this, although maybe it's a bit long.....

[nicanary]

There's something a bit Cooper Bristol-ish about this, although maybe it's a bit long.....

To lock or not to lock......

It's more than a bit Cooper-ish. Delve a bit deeper - LOCKED for 24 hours for Willie.

[Willie McCrum]

Struggling with this....
The Bristol Barb maybe ?

[nicanary]

Struggling with this....
The Bristol Barb maybe ?

Not that car, which has already been a puzzle on AP. It's still locked for you until later today.

[Willie McCrum]

Hmmmm
There was - briefly - a Cooper Aston Martin.  Might this be it ?

[nicanary]

Hmmmm
There was - briefly - a Cooper Aston Martin.  Might this be it ?

It is a Cooper, but not Bristol or Aston Martin engined.

[Willie McCrum]

Shot in the dark....Cooper Maserati ?  I know there were lots of them although none that I know of looking like this but.........

[nicanary]

Shot in the dark....Cooper Maserati ?  I know there were lots of them although none that I know of looking like this but.........

Yes! That's exactly what it is, way before the rear-engined Cooper Monaco Maserati cars. This was built in 1955 by Gilby Engineering for Roy Salvadori - Cooper supplied the chassis and Gilby installed the engine from their old Maserati A6GCS which was pretty obsolete by then. Unfortunately it wasn't a success and it was split up with the chassis going (I think) Down Under.

Persistent work by you!