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The story of the Elva Courier - Rien ne va plus

January 27, 2011 — Dieter Günther 24

In the late 1950s, there were a lot of people in England, mostly young people, who felt called to become car manufacturers. One of them was Frank Nichols, who founded the Elva company. The name was an original derivation from the French: "Elle va", she goes. With the Elva Courier, Nichols created a progressive sports car that was successful both on the road and on the race track.

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Elva Mark VII S Porsche - The carter in the plastic bag

February 9, 2023 — Karl Ludvigsen (Übersetzung: Paul Krüger)21

In the club races that were so popular in the USA at the beginning of the sixties, small-series English models increasingly began to overtake the Speedsters and Spyders from Porsche. German workmanship made the cars from Zuffenhausen reliable, but also heavy. A German engine in an English chassis therefore seemed to be the perfect combination for the American weekend racers. This article tells the short but fierce success story of the Elva Mark VII with a Porsche engine.

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