CAR: 1963 Cooper type 67 Serial Number 10
Motor: Holbay Ford 109e Serial Number 5B-116399
Carburettors: Twin Weber 40 DCOE
Fuel: Racing Petrol
Transmission: Jack Knight Citroen 6 Speed
Below is the Known History of this car.
1963 "Elde",Leon Dernier
Leon Dernier Purchased this car in March of 1963 for the Cooper Works. The car was painted in the Belgian national color Yellow.
"Elde" was Leon Dernier (LD being his initials). 'Dernier' actually means 'last' in French, so this was hardly an appropriate name for a racing driver. Elde also did quite well at Le Mans, finishing 3rd twice and 4th once in 5 starts. He was killed at Spa in 1969.
2nd June 1963- XXXIII Grand Prix des FrontEres Championnat de Belgique Chimay, Belgium
Qualifying: Grid 9 Car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), B Ecole de Pilotage Belge Cooper T67 - Ford
Race: DNS Car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), B Ecole de Pilotage Belge Cooper T67 - Ford
23nd June 1963- V Coupe de Vitesse de l'A.C. Normand, XI Grand Prix de Rouen
Championnat de France, Rd 3
Qualifying: Grid DNQ Car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), B Ecole de Pilotage Belge Cooper T67 - Ford
Race: DNS Car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), B Ecole de Pilotage Belge Cooper T67 - Ford
30th June 1963-VII Coupe Int. de Vitesse des Juniors, Championnat de France, Round 4 Circuit de Reims-Gueux, France
(IL Grand Prix de l'A.C.F - Formule 1)
Qualifying: Grid 21 car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), F Equipe Nationale Belge Cooper T67 - Ford
Race: DNF car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), F Equipe Nationale Belge Cooper T67 - Ford
7th July 1963-XII Grosser Preis der Solitude
Preis von Baden-Wurttemberg, Solitude Germany
Solitude was a race run on the roads outside Stutgart Germany. In 1963 the track ran under this configuration:
Image of "Elde" at the 1963 GP
Seconds after the start.
Qualifying:
Grid 17 car #15 "Leon Elde" Equipe Nationale Belge Cooper T67 4m33.9
Race: Finishing Position 12th car # 15 "Leon Elde" Equipe Nationale Belge Cooper T67 Ford
28th August 1963- Grote Prijs van Zolder, Championnat de Benelux, Rd Omloop van Zolder, Hasselt, Belgium Zolder 1963
Qualifying: Grid 11 Car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), B Belgian Racing Team Cooper T67 - Ford
Race: Finish 16 Car# 15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), B Belgian Racing Team Cooper T67 - Ford
9th September 1963- XXI Grand Prix d'Albi, XXI Grand Prix du Midi Pyrenes Languedoc Championnat de France, Round 7 Circuit du Sequestre, Albi, France
Qualifying: DNQ Car#15 "Elde" (Leon Dernier), B Equipe Nationale Belge Cooper T67 - Ford
? 1963-1964
Milner 1964-1965
The Car Change hands since then Elde. We have been told that the car went back to Cooper, we have some new leads and and indication the Revson and or Mayer may have brought this and Franck's car back to the USA. The car was raced in 1965 by a man named Milner in East St. Louis Illinois. He raced the car once in the beginning of 1965 and determined the car was too fast for him and immediately put it up for sale. We are looking for contact information or leads. James thinks that the car was purchase in 1964 and arrived via boat in early 1965.
James Ahlquist 1965-1968
James bought this car from Milner in 1965. The car was on display for the opening of the movie Grand Prix in St Louis. We have contacted James and he live less than 30 miles from the car. James raced the car from 1965, 1967 and 1968. James raced the car at the following tracks:
St Louis Raceway Mo.
Gateway International Raceway IL
Indianapolis Raceway Park IN
Mid-Ohio Racing OH
Daytona Raceway
Palm Beach, FL
Ponca City OK
Tulsa OK
North Little Rock Park
Watkins Glen NY
Meadowdale WI
22-29th November 1967- American Road Race of Champions, Daytona International Raceway, Daytona Beach, USA
Qualifying: 11th Car#83 James Ahlquist, Cooper T67 - Ford
Race: 7th Car#83 James Ahlquist, Cooper T67 - Ford
In 1967 James raced the car at the ARRC finishing 7th in Formula C. Below are images of the car from that event. James reports he was leading formula C in the car until he had a fire in the car and had to pull over, he resumes and finished. The fire was caused by a crack in the gearbox case. The car was serviced by Jim Grahm Sports Cars in Ft. Lauderedale. The tail was lost in a race at Tulsa in 1968 when a crew member forgot to latch the retaining springs. The Lotus steering wheel on the car was a gift from a friend at Lotus and was a spare wheel brought over by lotus in support of Jimmy Clarks Indy car.
Joseph Lysell 1968-1972
Joe wrecked the car in a front impact at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1968. Joe sold the car to Richard Clark MD in 1972 in as wrecked condition.
Richard Clark MD 1972-1982
Richard bought this car from Joseph Lysell, a friend of James Ahlquist, in 1972 in pieces. Richard decided it was too much of a project and sold it to Colin Sparkes. Below shows the car as Richard bought it.
Colin Sparkes 1982-1986
Colin Sparkes bought this car in a "box" in the earlly eighties and restored it.
Here is an image of Colin driving the car at Laguna. Colin has been extremely helppful and is sending us the log book he has for the car.
Jerry Morici 1986-1992
Colin sold the car in the eighties to Jerri Morici. Jerri raced the car at least 5 times. Jerri sold the car to someone else but the deal went sour and the was put up for auction in 1992.
1992 to present
We acquired the car at auction in Monterey - Images of the car prior to our restoration. The car has the original body panels- the tail, transmission, brakes, engine. The major pieces missing where the tail which Colin had made a t59 like tail, and the radiator which had been replaces d by a brass core American made unit.
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