Did you know we're in the middle of restoring a one-of-30 Elva Mk VI–that's also a long-lost Sebring 12-Hour entry?
Don't take tie rod ends for granted. They're essential pieces of hardware that, if broken, can ruin a perfectly good day of driving.
So far, we’ve covered how to repair fiberglass, how to mount a fiberglass body to a frame, and how to prepare parts for media blasting and powder coating.
Few things can be as exciting and frustrating as a day at the dyno.
Is it finally time to pay more attention to the blinking yellow signs and slow down?
Our Elva’s dash might have been the worst part of the car, and that’s saying a lot.
This ABS plastic dashboard had been repaired multiple times, and constantly …
We had stopped the bleeding and patched our Elva sports racer’s body back together, but there was still a lot of work left to do before calling the car presentable. …
We’ve had to build a lot of Elva parts from scratch. Something to add to that list: a headrest.
Most vintage racing organizations require a padded headrest …
Our primary goal at this point was to finish our entire Elva Mk VI chassis and mechanical bits so that we could then disassemble everything and paint the frame.
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The next item on our Elva sports racer’s to-do list was to figure out how the throttle cable was going to be routed. While we did not have the …
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 …
Sebring IRS - Always a race car - Prepared at factory for Sebring in 1966
Roadster, slightly enhanced MGB engine, Sage Green metallic colofr
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) …
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 …
