Gary Cooper b. 1 January 1935

  • Designer
Cooper was involved in motor racing as a teenager and in 1959, he designed and built the first Elfin Streamliner. In 1961, he was producing vehicles as Elfin Sports Cars. In the Formula Junior class, he designed the Elfin FJ and went on to design and build racing cars across a number of vehicle classes. Elfin Sports Cars produced some 240 vehicles until Cooper's death in 1982.
Tags: automotive designer, automobile designer

Citations

  • Harriet Edquist and David Hurlston, “Brian Smyth” (Biographical summary. Shifting Gear. Design Innovation and the Australian Car. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 2015, n.p