We are delighted to offer this genuine, factory built Cooper T49 "Monaco" for sale.
 
Introduced in 1959, the Cooper T49 Monaco with its 2-litre Coventry-Climax engine soon found favour with drivers both in the international and club racing scenes. A total of eight factory built cars were constructed with at least six other cars built up independently using un-numbered factory supplied chassis and component kits.
 
CM/6/59 was the sixth of the eight factory built cars and was delivered new to American car dealer Harry Blanchard of Connecticut. After a succesfull racing career in the USA until 1980, the car was bought and imported into the UK by Stirling Moss. Stirling sold the car as a restoration project the following year to David Watson who commissioned Hall & Fowler to carry out a full restoration of the car. The restoration was overseen and invoiced through Stirling Moss Ltd.. Despite having sold the car, Stirling tested the car at Silverstone and raced it at the curtain opener for the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix. CM/6/59 then spent another 15+ years in USA where it was vintage raced until it came back to Europe in 2000 where it has remained and raced until today. The full history of the car is detailed in the History section below).  
 
This factory Cooper Monaco is in outstanding condition and is 100% race-ready. It will be sold with a new, 2026 issued FIA HTP and comes with a spare set of wheels. CM/6/59 has been fully sorted, always maintained with no expense spared. It has proven to be a competitive entry in all races it has participated in such as mulitple Le Mans Classic, Goodwood Revival and Member meetings, Stirling Moss Trophy, etc..
 
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a genuine, factory build Cooper T49 "Monaco" with excellent history and documentation, ready for the many historic races it is eligible for such as Peter Auto Sixties Endurance, Motor Racing Legends' Stirling Moss Trophy, Le Mans Classic, Goodwood Revival/Members meeting, etc..   ... For more information please visit www.rmd.be.