{{Short description|Sports racing car}} thumb|1959 Cooper T49 Monaco The '''Cooper T49 (Type 49)''', also known as the '''Cooper Monaco T49''', or the '''Cooper T49 Monaco''', is a lightweight sports racing car, designed, developed and built by the British manufacturer Cooper, in 1959. It was manufactured as the successor to the Cooper T39 (more commonly known as the 'Bobtail').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.supercars.net/blog/1959-cooper-type-49-monaco-mk1/|title=1959 Cooper Type 49 Monaco Mk1 | Race Car|date=April 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/cooper/monaco/1959/426465|title=1959 Cooper Monaco - T49|website=www.classicdriver.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/el20/the-elkhart-collection/lots/r0227-1959-cooper-climax-monaco-t49-mk-i/820846|title=1959 Cooper-Climax Monaco T49 Mk I | The Elkhart Collection|website=RM Sotheby's}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20931/lot/271/|title=Bonhams : 1959 Cooper Monaco T49 Mk1 Sports-Racing Two-Seater Chassis no. 002|website=www.bonhams.com}}</ref> It competed in motor racing between 1959 and 1966, and was extremely successful, as well as being very competitive. It won 89 races (plus an additional 16 class wins), scored 136 podium finishes, and clinched 11 pole positions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/suffix/Cooper/Monaco/T49.html|title=Cooper T49 Monaco|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> It was powered by a Coventry Climax four-cylinder engine of varying displacements; those being {{cvt|1098|cc|cuin}}, {{cvt|1450|cc|cuin}}, and {{cvt|2000|cc|cuin}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rmw.lv/car/en/t49-mki-monaco |title=Cooper T49 MKI Monaco - Cooper |publisher=Rmw.lv |date= |accessdate=2022-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://primotipo.com/tag/cooper-t49-climax/|title=Cooper T49 Climax – primotipo…|website=primotipo...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportscarmarket.com/profile/1959-cooper-climax-monaco-t49-mk-i|title=1959 Cooper-Climax Monaco T49 Mk I|website=Sports Car Market}}</ref>
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