Mike's 1964 Elva Courier MkIV Build Thread!

[mbonder]

Man there is a bunch of work there, save her!! Good luck, will be paying attention to this build.

[ELVA164]

A few updates! Got some of the rough fiberglass done on the nose:



Also picked up a Triumph Spitfire chassis that will be donating the area between the front bumper and the firewall!


Last but not least, cleaned out all the wiring and removed the dashboard.
Here's a shot of sme of the harness and the old fuse box(who needs that?):


The pile of extra weight and the dash:


The top of the dash is facing right, by the way.

Next on my list is to remove all the gauges from the dash and surround, then decide which gauge setup I will be using and make an aluminum dash to fit those!

[ELVA164]

Here are some pictures of the body and chassis as they currently stand! First, the body:













And what's left of the chassis:





Got some work to do! :)

[ELVA164]

Hey guys! I saw Sina has his Peugeot build thread here so this seemed like a good place for mine. I've never done a build thread and it seems late to start one for my E30, so this is my first attempt.

Let me first give you a little background info on the car I'll be building. It is a 1964 Elva Courier Mark IV, serial #1187, a British sports car that was commonly used as an "arrive and drive" race car in the mid sixties. It is actually only a few years younger than the car in my sig, which also inspired my username. The car first came to our shop about 8 years ago, where it was built as a kind of car-for-hire from our shop. That didn't last long, as one of our customers decided to buy the car outright and race it. Here is a shot of the car at that stage:


The car was run for about two years pretty successfully before the event. We brought the car to the street course in Pittsburgh, where it was to meet its end.

After this, my Dad bought the car back and sold some things like the Prather MGB motor and dry sump system. The remnants sat outside until this past October, when he gave the car to me as a birthday gift.

I'm really excited as I only dreamed I would someday be able to own my own vintage race car! I've been very lucky to race the Lotus Cortina, but it is actually co-owned by my Dad and another one of our customers.

Current pictures in the next post so this one doesn't get too long!!