Drawing artist Lilian Stephanie Cooper is a keen follower of PreWarCar-PostWarClassic. In case you wonder why we can only be honest. Maybe it is not as much due to her deep love for classic cars and possibly has more to do with the fact she's a full niece of the editor. Still it was a very nice surprise to receive a photo with Lilian showing up on the side of a Cooper....oops an Auburn 653 of course. But the car is part of the inventory of Coopers Classics at Adelaide Airport, Australia. Not to be mixed up with Cooper Classics in the USA. Or with the Cooper Classics which has nothing to do with cars and also not a lot with classics except for looks. Finally when arriving at the Cooper Car Company we felt a bit at home again. Much more than with the modern Cooper lookalikes from Bayern. Bye, bye Mrs. Cooper. Enjoy your journey, see you when you're back in Amsterdam!
P.S. Mrs. Cooper is partly covering the ad sign for the event Bay to Birdwood (Sunday 25 September). According to James Nicholls: "...it is in South Australia. They set off from Adelaide and drive to Birdwood which is where the Australian National Motor Museum is located in the Adelaide Hills. I believe it goes through Lobethal near to Birdwood which is where the Australian GP was run in the 1930s and ‘40s."