Commercial Producers of Racecars... and numbers built (updated to reflect subsequent posts)
- Brabham............. ~592 (per "Brabham + Ralt + Honda - The Ron Tauranac Story" by Mike Lawrence)
- Brawn GP............ 3 (per RJ Colmar, ref: post#14)
- BRP................. 5 (per www.BritishRacecar.com by Curtis Jacobson, ref: post#16)
- Chevron............. ~495 (per "Chevron - The Derek Bennett Story" by David Gordon)
- Connaught........... ~20 (per Peter Morley, ref: post#63)
- Cooper.............. ~750 (per "Cooper Cars" by Doug Nye plus 500 O.A., ref: posts#66-68, 83)
- Crosslé*............ ~920 (per Paul McMorran, ref: post#37)
- Duesenberg.......... ~35 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#19)
- Élan*............... ~376 (per vandiemen.co.uk, ref: post#84)
- Elden............... ~252 (per "eldenracingcars.moonfruit.com", ref: post#29)
- Estonia/TARK........ ~1353 (per Tehnika, 1996, 6-7, table compiled by Margus Kuuse, ref: post#6)
- Fiat................ ~75 (per www.zuckerfabrik24.de, ref: post#48)
- Gerhardt............ ~32.5 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#19)
- Hawke............... ~205 (per www.vintagegarage.com/hrefs.html - by Nathen Poole, ref: post#27)
- Kurtis Kraft........ ~699 (per "Genealogy of Speed" by Bill Montgomery, ref: post#28)
- Lightning........... ~15 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#24)
- Lister.............. ~57 (per "Archie and the Listers" by R.Edwards and "Powered by Jaguar" by D.Nye, ref: post#4)
- Lotus............... ~1238 (per Race-Cars.com by ?, ref: post#3)
- Macon............... ~40 (per Peter Alexander, ref:post#52)
- March............... ~1467 (per "The Story of March - Four Guys and a Telephone" by Mike Lawrence)
- McRae............... ~17 (per www.oldracingcars.com et al, ref:post#53)
- Melkus.............. ~85 (per www.melkus-sportwagen.de, ref:post#75)
- MG.................. ~146 (per "Maintaining the Breed - The Saga of MG Racing Cars" by John Thornley, ref: post#47)
- Miller.............. ~70 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#19)
- Mongoose............ ~10 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#19)
- MTX................. ~172 (per "Ceskoslovenske Formule" by Michel Velebny, ref: post#18)
- Nota................ ~300 (per Joe Bosworth, ref post#38)
- OTZ PZM............. ~82 (per Grzegorz Chyla, ref: post#15)
- Palliser-Winkelmann. ~150 (per www.pallisercars.com, ref: post#56)
- Johnny Pawl......... ~50 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#28)
- Ralt................ ~1051 (per "Brabham + Ralt + Honda - The Ron Tauranac Story" by Mike Lawrence)
- Royale.............. ~735 (per "Nowhere to Hide - The Story of Royale Racing Cars" by Paul Lawrence)
- George Shilala...... ~50 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#28)
- Shrike.............. ~15 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#19)
- Swift............... ~527 (per Swede917, ref: post#40)
- Tiga................ ~400 (per www.brdc.co.uk biography of Howden Ganley, ref: post#56)
- Titan............... ~400 (per www.titancars.com, ref: post#16)
- Tyrrell............. ~122 (per Ralt12, ref: post#34)
- Vanwall............. ~18 (per "Vanwall Green to Glory" by Ed McDonough, ref: post#25)
- Watson.............. ~45 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#19)
- Wildcat............. ~15 (per Michael Ferner, ref: post#19)
The following additional constructors have been mentioned in this thread:
All-American Racers, Alpine, BRM, Dallara, DNC, Elfin, Elva, Ford, Gemini, GRD, Holmen & Moody, PRS, Jaguar, Lola, Mallock, Mclaren, Merlyn, Panoz, Reynard, Shelby American, Van Dieman.
Please help us add racecar constructors to this list! (And please cite sources of production information.)
Edited by BritishV8, 25 December 2012 - 08:02.