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Elva Courier 1800 c.c. 4-Cylinder 1964

Allmän beskrivning : 1964 Elva Courier Mk. IV Vintage Racer
s/n E1163
Yellow with White stripe and Black interior

Elva, not Alfa, was another of those small British car companies: Lotus, Lola, Mallock, Marcos, Peerless, Rochdale, Turner, of the 1950s and 60s that grew out of one man’s hobby, and were based on his exceptional talents. The name Elva is a corruption of the French “elle va”, meaning “she goes” which reportedly is the comment made about the first car build by Frank Nichols, the founder of Elva.

Frank Nichols began by making his own racecar in 1954, and by 1957 was successfully selling sports-racing and formula junior cars in the UK and the USA. The racecars ranged from the early side valve Ford engined models, to sports-racers powered by Porsche and BMW, and to the big V8 McLaren-Elva CanAm cars.

The Courier was the only road car produced. The Mk1 first appeared in 1959 with MGA mechanicals and was improved over the years through Mk2 and Mk3 versions. The last model was the Mk4-T with an 1800cc MGB engine, independent rear suspension of TVR origin, front suspension from Triumph, and an MGB differential housed in an Elva casting. The “Sebring” variant of this car used the Lotus 1558 Twin Cam engine.

In 1961 Elva’s US importer, Walter Dickson, ran into financial problems pushing Elva UK into voluntary liquidation. Carl Haas later took over distribution in the States while the design for the Courier was sold to Trojan Cars Ltd. Trojan manufactured with Frank Nichols to providing the technical expertise until 1965 when production ceased. (The young engineer at Trojan was Patrick Head, later the Williams Formula 1 designer. He probably needed minimum help.) When Elva did finally close, Frank Nichols successfully designed ocean-going rescue boats, the Bede Class, for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute in the UK.

This particular example has a closed ratio gearbox, limited slip differential and was previously owned and built by Elva expert Butch Gilbert. It comes with two sets of mini lite wheels and just received a fresh serviced after long period of storage. Service included brakes, fuel system and belts. A lovely Classic British sports car.

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1964 Elva Courier 1800 c.c. 4-Cylinder is listed såld on ClassicDigest in Emeryville by Fantasy Junction for $29500.

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