Ever on the lookout for something interesting to restore and write about, we recently stumbled on a 1962 Elva MK VI sports racer. Follow along as we rebuild a forgotten race car.
Now that the body of Elva was put back together, it was time to focus on the suspension.
Even though endurance racing rules would have required headlights, our Elva MK VI, however, had its headlights crudely covered.
Although it was included with the car, the entire rear bulkhead needed to be reattached to the body.
Upon further inspection, we realized that the entire rear of our Elva had been crudely widened. Our next step, then, would be to restore the rear end to its original ...
Even as rough as the body of our 1962 Elva Mk VI was, the frame was almost perfect.
Our Elva Mk6's body was badly damaged. We figured we'd better make some repairs before we got too far along on this project.
At first, we couldn’t find any period pictures of our 1962 Elva Mk Mk VI sports racer. Then we scored a big breakthrough, discovering the treasure trove held at the ...
Our Elva Mk VI was missing both its original intake manifold as well as the twin Weber DCOE side-draft carbs that it once held. We had more work to do.
Our 1962 Elva Mk6 originally came outfitted with a combination of Smiths and Lucas gauges. Unfortunately, the original gauges were replaced sometime in the '70s.
As we have had luck with Konis on both race and street cars over the decades, we were eager to retain the original shocks on our 1962 Elva Mk VI. ...
While original, the steering wheel on our Elva MK VI was in pretty bad shape. In an effort to get everything up to concours quality, we sent it off to ...
Finding information for our 1962 Elva Mk VI can be tricky considering how few were built. Despite that, we instantly started communicating with other Elva owners.
Media blasting away the old paint from our 1962 Elva Mk VI so we can properly restore the vintage fiberglass.
Before we can media blast the Elva, we need to carefully disassemble the car and keep track of all of its parts.
In this update, we track down crucial missing parts for our Elva.
In this update, we take our Coventry Climax engine to Savannah Race Engineering for a full race build.
The sum is more than its parts.
We finally track down our Elva's storied history.
And what makes one tick?
Some assembly required.
