{"id":497331,"date":"2018-02-01T01:47:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T09:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=54920"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:59:00","slug":"cooper-86b-maserati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/cooper-86b-maserati\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Racecar? Cooper 86B-Maserati"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While not the greatest racecar of all time, the Cooper 86B-Maserati was that for me, as it gave me a good start in Grand Prix motor racing. Initially, I thought I\u2019d make a great single-seater driver in the various club events that existed. I was studying Autosport magazine one day and saw a block advert from Coopers offering a Type 86B for sale. It was an 18-month-old car, it had three spare engines and God knows how many spare parts\u2014\u00a33,000. I couldn\u2019t resist. It was delivered on the morning of a late summer\u2019s day, very early, just about daylight\u2014around 6:30 a.m. I was very excited and couldn\u2019t wait for it to arrive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unloading the car, everything piled up with all the engines, spares and tires. I couldn\u2019t wait to get in the car, but it was two hours later before I was assisted by my mechanic, Peter Bracewell, to get out. I was stuck, from about two seconds after I got in it. I realized from that point on I was never ever going to drive a modern single-seater. 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