Elva car logos and Elva history

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Elva car logos and Elva history

Elva was a sports car manufacturing company based in Hastings, United Kingdom.

It was founded in 1955 by Frank G. Nichols. The name comes from French phrase elle va ("she goes")[1]. After financial problems caused by the failure of the US distributor, the company was sold to Trojan in 1961, and production moved to Rye, Sussex; and again in 1966 to the main Trojan factory in Croydon. Ken Sheppard Customised Sports Cars of Shenley, Hertfordshire bought Elva from Trojan in 1965 but production ended in 1968.

Frank Nichols's intention was to build a low-cost sports/racing car, and a series of models were produced between 1954 and 1959. The original model was based on the CSM car built in nearby Hastings by Mike Chapman but used Standard Ten front suspension rather than Ford swing axles and a Ford Anglia rear axle with an overhead valve conversion of a Ford 10 engine. About 25 were made[1]. This went through various changes up to the 1958 Mark IV with 1100 cc Coventry-Climax engine and independent rear suspension with inboard brakes. The Mark V was designed for Formula Junior events and had a DKW engine in a tubular steel chassis. It was very successful until the Formula was taken over by rear engined cars in 1960. Over 150 engines were made.

Around 1965-1966 Elva made a very successful series of Mk 8 sports racers mostly with 1.8 litre BMW engines (modified from the 1.6 litre by John Nerus) and some with 1.15 litre Holbay-Ford engines.

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