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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 …

Elva Mk VI Readers' Rides

Sep 23, 2022 by mwregion77
1962 None Mk VI

in my dreams

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