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.
Is it finally time to pay more attention to the blinking yellow signs and slow down?
After finishing the fiberglass portion of our Elva’s passenger seat, we still needed to build an upper seat bracket.
We took a …
Why did we build a passenger seat for our Elva sports racer?
Because that’s what the racing rules of the day required.
A related quote, in fact, from the SCCA’s …
Before we removed our Elva’s body to complete welding, we thought it would be a good idea to further study our electrical system. What needs did we have regarding lights …
So, our new clutch hydraulic system? We ran into a snag.
You see, the ideal place for the clutch slave cylinder mount on the transaxle was already occupied by …
Our next project would be to figure out the clutch linkage for our Elva Mk VI. The original Volkswagen Beetle transaxle that our Hewland Mk II transaxle is …
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 …
