It's a pretty conventional chassis for the period, the sort of car that was being raced at clubs all round the country. The design looks like late 70s, but that example could have been built later than that.
That sort of chassis was straightforward enough to build at home, racers at clubs all round the country were doing just that. In addition to the soldering iron, file and junior hacksaw he'd have needed to build the rest of the chassis, the guy who built that one seems to have owned some sort of engraving tool (and a self deprecating sense of humour). That doesn't narrow the field all that much.
Mostly racers would build their own cars, but at some clubs somebody would build a few more for their friends. Quite a lot of the clubs from those days are still alive, and many of the newer clubs have members who raced back then. If anybody knows where L Ward used to race, that would be the place to start (Tony seems to have some thoughts on that).
That sort of chassis was straightforward enough to build at home, racers at clubs all round the country were doing just that. In addition to the soldering iron, file and junior hacksaw he'd have needed to build the rest of the chassis, the guy who built that one seems to have owned some sort of engraving tool (and a self deprecating sense of humour). That doesn't narrow the field all that much.
Mostly racers would build their own cars, but at some clubs somebody would build a few more for their friends. Quite a lot of the clubs from those days are still alive, and many of the newer clubs have members who raced back then. If anybody knows where L Ward used to race, that would be the place to start (Tony seems to have some thoughts on that).
