1966 Hayman SR2

Ever wonder what it must’ve been like way back when during those early shade-tree mechanic days when racers would vanish into their garage and emerge months later with a car of their own design? Building a racing special in the ’50s was one thing, but by the time the Can-Am rolled around, technology had taken a quantum leap forward and a single man building a Can-Am car from scratch was almost unheard of.

Apparently no one told Roy Hayman that it was a silly idea. So, in 1966 he whipped up his very own Can-Am car—essentially from thin air. Hayman, now a spry 82, claims to have been a “cantankerous bastard” at one time, but our recent telephone conversation did not give any hint of this. He is, however, very British.