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Thanks for that Henk
There is an interesting story attached to this which is recorded in detail in Doug Nye's book. Rob Walker took a t43 to the 1957 Monaco GP with an experimental 2.2 lt engine to race as the first full blown F1 Cooper. Jack Brahbam crashed the car in practise and the 2.2 lt engine was installed into a works spare car which he raced and famously pushed over the line after running out of fuel. According to Nye's book this spare car was F2-5-57. During the race the car carried number 14. There are a number of photos about of the race and I actually found a picture of the actual crash in an old book on cooper.
Of course the million dollar question is which chassis was actually used. I am convinced that my chassis plate, reading F2-5-57 is original but as everybody knows chassis and chassis plates did not stay together.
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