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Put-in-Bay 2025 celebrates 70th anniversary of Elva

The 2025 Put-in-Bay Sports Car Races celebrates the 70th anniversary of Elva and will host a "Mini-vs.-Spridget Challenge.”

Thoroughly restored Elva Mk VII | Car Catcher

This Elva is said to have logged zero miles since its ground-up restoration.

Car Catcher: A Factory-Backed Elva Mk IV With Notable Racing History

A factory-backed Elva with a podium finish at Sebring.

In the September Issue: Project Elva Part 4 | Repairing a Badly Battered Body

While molds do exist to completely replace our Elva’s body, we decided to repair our fiberglass instead.

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1962 Mk VI

This rough fiberglass body might not look like much, but it's actually a rare 1962 Elva Mk VI sports racer—and one with a storied history nonetheless.

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How to fabricate brake lines for a vintage race car

This was going to be tough. We had no original parts to copy. We had no shop manual. We had no diagrams. 

What we did have was a whole bunch …

This is how you fabricate no-longer-available parts

We needed parts.

We couldn’t find those parts.

Fine, we figured, we’ll make those parts ourselves. 

Our Elva project needed some crucial components to mate its engine to …

What you discover when refitting suspension to an old race car

Our next task for our Elva Mk VI sports racer was to run brake lines. Before we could do that, however, we would need to hang the front suspension. …

How to recreate our Elva Mk VI's original oil cooler setup

From looking at old pictures, we knew our Elva Mk VI sports racer would have had an oil cooler. We could even see the remains of an oil cooler mounted …

How to recreate the plumbing for our cooling system

The cooling system of our Elva Mk VI sports racer perhaps served as our biggest mystery. Until just recently, we couldn’t find any photos showing how the maze …

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Aug 17, 2021 by ElvaMKII
1957 Elva MK II Sports Racer

Imported by Burdie Martin, raced by him and by Frank Campbell and Chuck Dietrich at Road America in '58. Restored in 1994 and raced at Monterey Histoirics 2007, 2008 and …

Aug 17, 2021 by mgbgtracer
1964 Elva Mk IV

Sebring IRS - Always a race car - Prepared at factory for Sebring in 1966

Aug 17, 2021 by RonDavis
1962 Elva Courier Mk IV

Roadster, slightly enhanced MGB engine, Sage Green metallic colofr

Aug 17, 2021 by vintageracer98
1960 Elva 200 Formula Junior

This a very early 200 and is currently completing restoration. I hope to have it on track in the spring. Two of my racing buddies (Tom Grudovich & Hervey Parke) …

Aug 17, 2021 by elvacar
1961 Elva Courier

http://elvacourier.blogspot.com/ A recent issue of the magazine indicated that the Elva was a suitable alternate foil for a person hankering after a MGA/MGB as they shared a similar engine. I …

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