Quote Originally Posted by markec View Post
Cooper T53
"F2-8-60" A new car built late in 1960 but using the identity of one of the 1960 works F1 cars. Tommy Atkins (UK) 1961 for Bruce McLaren in Intercontinental - Bruce McLaren (UK) 1961 for 1962 New Zealand and Australian Internationals - David McKay (Australia) 1962 for Australian Gold Star - Bill Thomason (New Zealand) 1963 for New Zealand Gold Star - Feo Stanton and Ian Rorison (NZ) 1964 or 1965 and rebuilt as Rorstan Sports with 2.7-litre Climax ... Danie Lupp (NZ) 1970 ... Bob Moore (NZ) with 4.5-litre Oldsmobile and then 2-litre Vauxhall Victor ... Kerry Pennell (NZ) - Ted Giles (NZ) by late 1980's: retained 2001 still in Rorstan Sports specification. Ted Giles (NZ) 2001
Copied out of"oldracecars.com"
This is fairly old info - in fact I think I may have supplied it to ORC about 20 years ago
I wouldn't have missed the Amon connection

Since it was written, it appears that there were three (at least) F2-8-60s:
1. The 1960 works car
2. The 1961 Atkins Intercontinental (and occasional F1) car
3. The 1962 NZ car. David McKay inspected this car before it raced in NZ, and says Bruce told him it was brand new