Ken Tyrrell first established his racing team in 1958, setting up a workshop in an ex-military issue shed in the yard of his family's timber business. The team competed in lower formulae between 1958-'67 with a list of drivers that included John Surtees and Jacky Ickx. Tyrrell made the jump to F1 in 1968 with an exciting talent by the name of Jackie Stewart and came close to winning the championship at the first attempt using Matra chassis. A year later in 1969 the team dominated, and Stewart won six races on his way to his first world drivers' title.
During a disappointing 1970 season, Ken Tyrrell made the decision to start building his own cars, rather than relying on other manufacturers' chassis. Unhappy with the performance of that year's March 701, Tyrrell employed Derek Gardner to begin work, in secret, on the Tyrrell 001.
All of Tyrrell's cars – including championship winners with Stewart in 1971 and '73 – were built in the Tyrrell Shed up until 1976. That includes the famous six-wheeled P34, another car developed in complete secrecy, which remains one of the most recognisable F1 cars in history.