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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"
Hi there. I'm Ted Giles' daughter / Andy's sister. The info on oldracecars.com isn't entirely correct about the Rorstan. Ted bought it in 1978 directly from Danie Lupp. I'm in the UK and stumbled upon that post on oldracecars.com earlier today and have contacted the website owner to see if it can be corrected. None of us know where the Bob Moore/Kerry Pennell connection came from orginially but this information appeared in the 'Historic Racing Cars of NZ book in the early 1990's and keeps popping up on the internet in regard to the Cooper F2-5-60 / Cooper T53 F2-8-60 cars. Ted raced the car throughout the South Island as the Rorstan Sports in club events and the Dunedin and Queenstown Road Races throughout the 80's/90's alongside a variety of Escorts (Often Mum's road cars!), Anglias etc. I have some photos which I will post when I can. If anyone has any info about the car in it's Cooper form or when it was being built, we would love to have that. regards, Kirsty Giles