Description:

The car is race ready with 0 time on rebuilt engine by Nathan Down @ Thomas Vintage Motors. Engine completely disassembled cleaned, crack and pressure tested. Assembled with all new bearings new valves & valve springs new tappets and sleeves and new cam shafts. Oil pump internals are new as is the oil cooler. Chassis has been corner balanced. The uprights have upgraded chrome moly spindles and new bearings. Rear brake rotors are new fronts are in good shape, pads and tires have one race weekend use.


History

Purchased from Elva by Dr. Ewen Paul, raced extensively in the UK from 1963 through 1966. Brought to California in the late 70's where it was raced for 25 years by Steve Tillack, Larry Menser, and others. Monterey Historics in 1998, Monterey Motorsports Reunion in 2016

Competition History

VSCDA @ Road America, HMSA @ Monterey Motorsports Reunion, RMVR @ HPR, Pueblo, MPH (Hastings), Pikes Peak
Performance Data

• FM, or BSR
  
• 1033 lbs
  

Engine

• Nathan Down, Thomas Vintage
  
• Ford/Lotus Twin cam
  
• Lotus Twin Cam
  
• 1600cc
  
• 150 @ 5200 ft elevation
  
• 2X Weber DCOE45
  
• Lotus Twin cam Aluminum
  
• Ford Steel
  
• Steel
  
• Carillo
  
• Forged
  
• Billet .465X264
  
• 1.625 In 1.44 Ex
  
• Twin OHC
  
• Tilton single plate racing
  
• 4 into one headers
  

Fuel System

• 
  
• Orig tank with fuel cell
  
• Aprox. 8 Gal.
  
• Facet electric
  
• 110 octane leaded
  

Oil/Water System

• Original Elva with New cores
  
• Front
  
• Lotus Ford
  
• Susa
  
• side
  

Electrical System

• Pertronix
  
• 12V
  

Transmission

• Taylor/Hewland
  
• Mark 8/9
  
• 5 Speed forward/Reverse
  
• Right hand
  

Rear End

• Taylor/Hewland
  
• Transaxle
  
• Magnesium
  
• Inner and Outer U-joints with splines
  

Body

• 7 panels fiberglass
  
• Dark Blue
  
• good to excellent
  

Chassis

• space frame
  
• Elva
  
• mild steel
  
• gray paint
  
• good
  
• unequal length wishbones, magnesium uprights, coilovers
  
• trailing arms, lower wishbone, upper link, uprights, coilovers
  
• New Spax adjustable 2012
  
• 4 wheel disc
  
• rack and pinion
  
• Elva magnesium 6X13F 7X13R
  
• Avon FF spec. treaded
  

Interior

• Blue/Black leather/Aluminum
  
• on board 2 nozzle Halon
  
• Simpson 3
  
• Smith/VDO
  
• good
  

Spares

• 1 X Hewland 5th gear set
  
• extra front wheel studs
  
• 3 sets coil springs various lengths