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.
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.
