EPE Chassis - What Is It?

[Fairthorpe]

I’ve just discovered (and joined) this forum. It has already provided me with some very interesting reading!

The reason for this post is that I’m hoping for some help in identifying a race car chassis that I have, which has a nameplate stamped “EP Engineering Chassis EPE-00019”. I believe it to be at least two or three decades old, and I’m fairly certain it’s of British origin. (I’m in the USA.) It’s a “roller”, no motor or body, two-seater, of mid (rear) engine configuration, independent suspension front and rear (Spitfire front up-rights, cast alloy rear, tubular A-arms and radius rods), 13” wheels maybe 5 to 6” wide, with a steel monocoque main chassis. It’s about the size of a Lotus 23, and appears to be a sports-racer. However, the roll-bar perhaps indicates otherwise. The main, vertical hoop is almost full width, and is fairly high; there’s a plexiglass panel, that appears to be to separate the driver and engine compartments of a closed bodied car. Someone thought that there are/were racing classes in England that used similar chassis, with lowered (perhaps fiberglass repop) bodies such as Minis or Imps. Can anyone shed any light on this?

I apologize if I’ve posted this to the wrong sub-forum.