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I had just come across Alan Stubbs - you gave the answer before I posed the question.
The pre-Kincraft 'big-banger' libre winners were:
Chris Summers - Cooper T58 [F2-4-58] - Chev 4.6/5.4 - 11 wins (June 1962 - Sep 1963)
Mike Eyre - Cooper - Buick 3.5 - 1 win (Apr 1963)
Peter Richardson - Cooper - Chev 5.0 - 2 wins (Mar - May 1964)
Chris Summers - Lotus 24 [942] Chev 5.4 - 18 wins (May 1964 - Aug 1966)
Alan Eccles - Cooper - Chev 5.0 - 7 wins (Aug 1964 - Sep 1965)
Tommy Reid - Crossle 8F - Ford 4.7 -- accounts vary --
The Kincraft's first win was June 1965 and nothing was ever the same again.
Also out in 1965 were Jock Russell's Russell-Ford (a Lotus 18/21) and Macartney-Filgate's "ex-Summers" Cooper-Chev. It makes me wonder how many Coopers Summers had as a picture of Macartney-Filgate's Cooper in early 1965 looks a lot like the auction picture.
Eccles had been racing a Cooper-Chev earlier than Aug 1964 but suddenly becomes a lot more competitive at a race at Silverstone on 3 Aug 1964 where he manages to overcome the twin-cams at last. I could believe that he had acquired a different Cooper but Autosport makes no mention of the car. I don't have Motoring News for 1964.
Allen
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