150 horses in a car that little will be seriously awesome.
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Originally posted by mulletman View Post150 horses in a car that little will be seriously awesome.Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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I knew the name Elva sounded familiar because of this thread. I came across this the other day on my local craigslist.
91 318is M50 swapped
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http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=302524
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Originally posted by Nick_S View PostI knew the name Elva sounded familiar because of this thread. I came across this the other day on my local craigslist.
http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4373935063.htmlInterested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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Big update today! The body is back on the car!
We did some quick work on the nose, just to get the basic shape of the headlight bucket back.
Some of the next areas to address are the side of the front cowl:
And where the cowl attaches to the dash:
Additionally, when we were placing the body back onto the chassis this happened:
Turns out this area had been previously repaired with bondo and WOOD:
If you can't tell, that's a big piece of plywood that someone used there for strength I assume. Looks like we might need to take a closer look at the bodywork from now on.
We got a nice gusset welded to the front of the new floor and the new rocker panel:
We have to do some modification to the new front chassis tubes to make things fit, but the trunk lines up almost perfectly!
We have the dummy motor and gearbox in there as well, just trying to see how things line up:
It looks like the motor is a couple inches too far forward by our initial measurements:
We do still need to cut a notch into the firewall just behind the cylinder head though. On the original Ford-powered cars, there was a notch just behind the head where ours is flat:
Still a lot left to do! Unfortunately, the incident with my E30 now requires all my time and money so the Courier will have to stay like this for a while.... :(Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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what ford engine was in this little car? i was thinking that a 2.3 pinto engine might be nice. 87-88 thunderbird turbo used this engine and was 200 hp. later rangers used a dual spark plug head.
some people figure out a way to put a 24v volvo head on that motor and get crazy hp gains. something to think about......sigpic
Gigitty Gigitty!!!!
88 cabrio becoming alpina b6 3.5s transplanted s62
92 Mtech 2 cabrio alpinweiss 770 code
88 325ix coupe manual lachsilber/cardinal
88 325ix coupe manual diamondschwartz/natur
87 e30 m3 for parts lachsilber/cardinal(serial number 7)
12 135i M sport cabrio grey/black
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Originally posted by flyboyx View Postwhat ford engine was in this little car? i was thinking that a 2.3 pinto engine might be nice. 87-88 thunderbird turbo used this engine and was 200 hp. later rangers used a dual spark plug head.
some people figure out a way to put a 24v volvo head on that motor and get crazy hp gains. something to think about......
Sorry, I can't find a good picture of one outside an engine bay.
My car should have around 150hp when it's done. Nothing crazy, just a medium-power reliable engine.Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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Originally posted by JRKOUPE View PostI missed sumthin:
wa happened w/ the e 30?....Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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Interested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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Really exciting update today! I've been chatting with a friend who is a longtime Elva fan and expert, and he offered to search around for any info about MkIV Couriers and my car in particular. Look what came in the mail!
He put together an awesome collection of period magazine ads, road tests, and an article about the restoration of another Courier MkIV, but this was BY FAR the coolest part:
That's the original bill of sale for my car! Holy crap! It's awesome to know where the car came from, what options it had on it from the dealership, and to look at some of the interesting details like the original owner trading in a 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spyder for a whopping $500 credit. Very cool stuff! :DInterested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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That Bill Of Sale is pretty dang awesome. I'm greatly enjoying all the updates.
Googled and found this .... http://fredopertracing.com/index2.htm
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Originally posted by SkiFree View PostThat Bill Of Sale is pretty dang awesome. I'm greatly enjoying all the updates.
Googled and found this .... http://fredopertracing.com/index2.htmInterested in vintage cars? Ever thought about racing one? Info, photos, videos, and more can be found at www.michaelsvintageracing.com!
Elva Courier build thread here!
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