Hello,
I am looking to try and track down some early history (results/photos) of an Elva MkVII that I own.
Here is what I have so far - any help appreciated!
1963 Elva MkVII Chassis No 70/024 - Lotus-Ford Twin Cam.
History:
- 1963 - Exported to the USA with Carl Hass
- 1978 - Nick Engles owned the car in the US
- Chuck Haines, Canam Cars purchased the car
- 1979 - Ian Webb of Northdown Racing purchased the car and returned it to the UK
- Alex Seldon purchase the car
- Jonathan Bradburn purchased the car
- 1980 - Nigel Dawes purchased the car
- 1981 Willi Widar purchased the car and it moved to Belgium
- 1984 Walter Neff purchased the car and it moved to Switzerland
- 2003 Clive Wilson purchased the car and it moved to the UK. It had good runs in the Guards Trophy finishing second in 2007, 2008 and winning in 2010.
You can see that the tricky period is the earlier years in the USA as I have not been able to discover a name to review with racing results.
Example resources I have been digging into:
https://www.racingsportscars.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20100909...usrrc1963.html
Example image of the car in question - Red Elva at Goodwood Revival:
https://www.motorsportimages.com/pho...69/1013666769/
Many thanks!
Martin