This is 1977. All the bodies were made by Charlie Fitzpatrick in Southport.
Several cars had to be created from shells of a similar shape. (see picture below)
From left to right: Merzario (made from ?); Williams (made from McLaren M.26);
Ligier (made from Ferrari); Copersucar (made from ?)
No group shot for 1979 but a few very poor images taken
with a faulty camera!
This is the 1981 series. A poor, polaroid image,
but all bodies are still purchased from Charlie Fitzpatrick, although again, quite
a few are home-modified.
We jump to 1988 and now there are quite a few shells
in this set that I made myself.
39 in 1989.
This was the highest number of cars that ever ran in modern F.1 racing.
By now all the shells are home-made using my vacuum forming machine -
the B-B-Vac.
1990 - another big year, 33 cars.
1991 - Just one of each car on this occasion,
although of course, I made 2 of each.
1992
- F.1 is becoming more organized with 16 2-car teams.
Even Andrea Moda!! (What WAS I thinking of?)
I have no group photo from 1993
but clicking on the link will take you to images of the cars from that year.
1995
- now we are down to the basic 13 team set-up.
1998
- my final year of making modern F.1 cars - so far.......
My Historic
series as it was when I held the last race for these cars.
This series is based on cars that
ran in F.1 in the years 1959 and 1960.