Cooper Monaco

Important Sales Reviewed by SCM Experts

In each month’s issue for the past 38 years, SCM’s analysts have reviewed 5 to 7 significant cars sold at auction, and discuss what options, history, or details made that particular more or less valuable. They give their expert opinion on the market for these cars, and whether this car was well bought or well sold. If you’re thinking of purchasing a Cooper Monaco, you’ll likely find these profiles critical in helping you make the right decision. Each of the following is an article from our print magazine on a Cooper Monaco sold at auction.

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  1959 Cooper-Climax Monaco T49 Mk I

  By Thor Thorson · Published December 10, 2020

  Successor to Cooper’s center-seat “Bobtail,” the Cooper Monaco T49 was named for the win at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix by famed British privateer Rob Walker’s Cooper-Climax Formula 1 car. The Monaco was Cooper’s first production rear-mid-engined sports-racing model, designed expressly to meet FIA requirements of two seats, two doors and a windshield, with a […]

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