Formula 5000 cars by constructor and model

Ray Calcutt in the Speed International Racing McLaren M18 at Brands Hatch in July 1972. Copyright Richard Bunyan 2007. Used with permission.

Formula 5000 cars by constructor and model

Beattie > P1100
Begg > FM5
Brabham > BT43
Caldwell > D8
Chaparral
Chevron > B24 | B28 | B30 | B32 | B37
Chinook > Formula A
Cooper > T90
Crosslé > 15F
Eagle > Mk 5 | 74A | 755
EDP Special
Eisert > 65-67 'Harrison Specials'
Elfin > MR5 | ML6 | MR8 | MR9
Forsgrini
Gardos
Hodges
KayTee
Kitchiner
Leda > LT20 | LT22 | LT25
LeGrand > Mk 7 | Mk 11
Lola > T140 | T142 | T190 | T192 | T300 | T330 | T332 | T400 | T430
Lotus > 42B | 70 | 70B
March > 725 | 73A | 74A | 75A | 76A
Matich > A50 | A51 | A52 | A53
McKee > Mk 8 | Mk 11 | Mk 12 | Mk 18
McLaren > M10A | M10B | M18 | M22 | M25
McRae > GM1 | GM2 | GM3 | GM5
Modus > M5
Spectre
Surtees > TS5| TS5A | TS8 | TS11
Trojan > T101 | T102
Vulcan
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The cars

Formula A, or Formula 5000 as it soon became, boomed when 5-litre stock block engnes were allowed in 1968. Lola, Eagle, McLaren and Surtees built cars for the new formula and they would later be joined by the other major racing car constructors of the period, Lotus, Cooper, Chevron and March. McRae and Trojan also built winning cars during the peak of the formula's success.

Most of the cars were built in England but Eagle built their highly-successful 1968-69 range in Santa Ana, California and the LeGrand, McKee, Eisert and Vulcan cars were also built in the US. Matich and Gardos were built in Australia, Begg in New Zealand and Crosslé in Northern Ireland.