MEET THE TEAM

At JC Autosports, we’re here to help you to own the car of your dreams and what better way to start than by telling you a little bit more about ourselves.

Meet the JC Autosports Team

John Sharples - Co-founder of JC Autosports

John Sharples, a highly experienced and professional replica car builder who has ran his own business for over 20 years and has extensive experience in the Motorsport world. John has over 30 years’ experience in precision engineering, working alongside his father at Williams F1 Racing and BAR. He has also worked as a contractor at British Aerospace, working on projects for the wind tunnels for the Typhoon Jet.

His passion now are his two Cobra’s, both built by himself. He is also looking to build a couple more cars in the not-too-distant future. One being a Daytona Coupe, then a GT40.

John is a very well-respected member of the European, Northern and East Midlands Cobra Clubs (UK) where he provides a lot of help and advice to other Cobra Club members. He has also been heavily involved with the running of Tunnocks Tour of Mull Rally (Scotland) for over 15 years.

Cath Gaskell - Co-founder of JC Autosports

Catherine Gaskell, has run successful businesses herself in  numerous industries and has over 10 years Technical Project Management Experience not only in the UK but in Australia for large blue chip organisations. With a keen interest in Motorsport and Classic Sport Cars, as a team, John and Catherine have come together to provide a one stop shop for clients who are wanting to drive something rather than your normal day to day drive.

Not only do we provide high quality and specification solutions to you building your dream car, we also look to put the fun in to the driving of your vehicles by introducing clients to clubs, events and tours both here in the UK and Europe.

We are totally committed to our clients and strongly standby our company vision of “Dream Build Drive” and look forward to welcoming you to the JC Autosport Family.

We’re looking forward to working with you!

Find Us

We’re based in Darwen in the North West of the England, giving us a strong link to major motorways for transport all around the country.

We’re always available at every step of the build process, contact us now to find out more about how we can help you or to arrange a meeting with our team!