Cars
The following models were built by Chevron.
| Model | Category | Year | Notes |
| B1 | Clubmans Formula | 1965 | |
| B2 | Clubmans Formula | 1966 | |
| B3-Ford | GT | 1966 | B3-B6, B8 and B12 all basically similar |
| B4-BMW | GT | 1966 | For a detailed history of this model including photographs and race results, see the current owner's website http://www.chevronb4.co.uk |
| B5-BRM | GT | 1967 | |
| B6-Ford/BMW | GT | 1967 | |
| B7 | Formula 3 | 1967 | |
| B8 | GT/Group 4 | 1968 | |
| B9/B9B | Formula 3 | 1968 | |
| B10 | Formula 2 | 1968 | |
| B12-Repco | GT | 1968 | Lengthened B8 for John Woolf's Le Mans entry |
| B14 | Formula B | 1968 | |
| B15/B15B/B15C | Formula 3/FB | 1969 | |
| B16 Coupe | G5/G6 | 1969 | |
| B16 Spyder | G6 | 1969 | Effectively the prototype for B19 - Porsche 908-like spyder body on B16 chassis |
| B17/B/C | F2/F3/FB | 1970 | |
| B18 | F2/Atlantic/B | 1970 | |
| B19 | G6 | 1971 | Progenitor of the B19/B21/B23/B26/B31 line of open sports cars. |
| B20 | F2/Atlantic | 1971 | |
| B21 | G6 | 1972 | |
| B23 | G6 | 1973 | |
| B24 | F5000 | 1972 | Beat mixed F1/F5000 field in Peter Gethin's hands. |
| B25 | F2/Atlantic | 1973 | |
| B26 | G6 | 1973 | |
| B27 | F2/Atlantic | 1974 | |
| B28 | F5000 | 1974 | |
| B29 | F2/Atlantic | 1975 | |
| B30 | F5000 | 1975 | 3.5l Cosworth V6, not 5.0l Ford V8. F5000 champion with David Purley. |
| B31 | G6 | 1975 | In 1975 Chevron B31s driven by several drivers won the under 2-litre class of several rounds of the World Championship for Sportscars. (The over 2 litre class was won by Alfa Romeo's flat-12s.) A total of 6 B31s were constructed and at least two continue to contest vintage race events in the U.S. |
| B32 | Special | 1975 | One-off hillclimb special (owing much to F5000 practice) for John Cussins with 5.7 Chevy. Ran in match race against a motorbike on part of the Isle of Man TT course. |
| B34 | F3/Atlantic | 1976 | |
| B35 | F2/Atlantic | 1976 | |
| B36 | G6 | 1976 | |
| B37 | F5000 | 1976 | Only one ever B37 built - chassis number B37-001. Built for Peter Gethin and run by the VDS team, equipped with a Chevrolet V8 5-litre engine. Car was sold to Australian Bruce Allison and competed in the 1978 Rothmans International Series. Was sold again in 1980 to the engineer Australian Ivan Tighe. Tighe competed in numerous circuit races including the 1980 Australian Grand Prix in "the 5000". The "5000" slowly retired from circuit racing to become a hillclimb car, culminating in an outright win in the 1985 Australian Hillclimb Championship for Ivan Tighe (at the age of 55, another win came shortly after his 60th birthday in 1990); the car was retired until 1995 when Ivan's son Dean restored the car and continued to hillclimb the vehicle as well as do demonstrations at historic events. Dean's best result was equal second outright at the 1997 Australian Hillclimb Championship in the rain on slick tires. The vehicle was sold back to the UK in 2000. |
| B38 | F3 | 1977 | |
| B39 | Atlantic | 1977 | Very similar to B35 |
| B40 | F2 | 1977 | |
| B41 | F1 | 1978 | Essentially hand-built by Bennett himself and unfinished at the time of his death. Effectively obsolete before it turned a wheel as it was not a ground effect car. Raced as a 'scholarship car' by Graham Eden racing with Durex sponsorship in the Aurora AFX F1 series in Britain, with different young drivers trying the car. |
| B42 | F2 | 1978 | |
| B43 | F3 | 1978 | |
| B45 | Atlantic | 1978 | |
| B46 | FSV | 1978 | |
| B47 | F3 | 1979 | |
| B48 | F2 | 1979 | Tony Southgate became 'consultant designer' and updated the existing cars with ground-effects for 1979. |
| B49 | Atlantic | 1979 | |
| B50 | FSV | 1979 | |
| B51 | Can-Am | 1980 | |
| B52 | Sports 2000 | 1980 | First raced August 1980. Continued in low-level production when Robin Smith owned Chevron. |
| B53 | F3 | 1980 | Planned, never built. |
| B53 | Atlantic | 1981 | Built when Robin Smith owned Chevron. |
| B54 | S2000 | 1981 or 1982 | |
| B56 | Atlantic | 1982 | Raced in 1982 UK Atlantic series. Built when Robin Smith owned Chevron. |
| B60 | Thundersports | 1982 | Built for the British Thundersports category and ran with a 2-litre engine and B36 bodywork. Built when Robin Smith owned Chevron. |
| B61 | Thundersports | 1983 | May have been used as a Sports 2000 as well. May have been the only car current when Smith sold Chevron to Roger Andreason. |
| B62 | Group C2 | 1985 | Built when Roger Andreason owned Chevron. 1 built. |
| B63 | S2000 | 1985 | Sports 2000 |
| B64 | Formula Atlantic | 1985 | Built when Roger Andreason owned Chevrron. The last Chevron, 1 built. |
| B65 | Group C2 | 1986 | Built by Race Cars UK for Chevron Race Cars USA. One built. |
| GR8 | GT | 2010 | Built by Vin Malkie's Chevron Racing Cars Ltd |
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