Produced in Lancashire under the ownership and guidance of the gifted self-taught engineer turned racer, Derek Bennett, Chevron Racing Cars remains one of the most remarkable success stories in international motorsport.

From modest beginnings and without ever producing a road car, Chevron built machines of uncompromising purpose that consistently challenged and defeated far larger manufacturers.

It was a classic 'David and Goliath' story played out on circuits across Europe and beyond, driven by ingenuity, efficiency and an almost obsessive focus on performance.

Chevron’s first car, the B1 of 1965, set the template.

The letter B standing for Bennett would go on to prefix more than 47 models produced before his untimely death in 1978.

By the late 1960s Chevron was at the height of its powers and in 1969 unveiled what would become its final closed cockpit sports racing car, the sublime B16.

Introduced at the Nürburgring 500 kilometres, the B16 was immediately recognised as somethi...