For the 1964 Tasman series, Bruce McLaren had developed a special Cooper known as the T70. As you can see by Gearbox Grinder's and other photos it was really a "low line " version compared to other race cars at that time. Bruce also had a young talented driver join him for the series , named Timmy Mayer. Timmy was managed by his brother Teddy Mayer who would remain with the McLaren Team for many years. Bruce had to put some test miles on the brand new car which had just been completed before they were shipped out to NZ for the first race at Levin. When they arrived Bruce used the oval part of the Western Springs track running in the clockwise direction on the banking for his testing !

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(McLaren Trust photo)


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(From 1964 Pukekohe NZGP programme )
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This Cooper T70 looks like it has been beautifully restored and you can read more about it at this site.

http://thejudge13.com/2014/12/15/f1-...he-cooper-t70/

(Ken Hyndman )