The early days at Elva racing cars were changing from production cars to real race cars. These new sport racing cars were truly for road racing only. Everything in the design was for winning races, soon mid-engines would appear. In these days Frank Nichols began Elva Cars.


A 1956 Mk1B sport racer with Coventry Climax power


A 1959 Mk4A again with Coventry Climax power a popular engine choice for British race cars at the time.

Both of these pictures are courtesy of The New England Classic Car Company, 1483 Stratford Avenue, Stratford, CT 06615