An Elva specialist needed!

Hello Bob,

I knew Tom Peacock very well. He crewed for me a number of times, one of which was at the Nassau Trophy Races in 1962. As I recall, he was the SCCA Chicago Region Grid Marshall for many years. He also crewed for Ollie Schmidt, and was a good friend of Jim Scott who maintained Ollie's and my cars. He also was at RA when I last raced there in 1991.

I last talked to Tom some years ago shortly after he retired from his "day job". Unfortunately, his contact info was on an old computer, and I've lost it. He may have lived in Glenn Ellen, IL at the time. I did a white search and there are 8 Tom Peacocks in Illinois. The one in La Grange may be him.

Also try the Chicago Region's Office.

Joel Jacobs

Does anyone know what happened to Schmidt's rear-engine De Tomaso-OSCA that he ran in Class G for Jim Adams among others.

RA Historian wrote:

The 59 OSCA was ex-Jack Gordon.

Are you sure ? Jack Gordon raced an OSCA S-187 several times after that, for example at Meadowdale (july), Bridgehampton (august) or Watkins Glen (september). Maybe he had two of them ?

Good luck, Leigh, I hope that your car is the one!

Tom

Tom,

There is a quick glimpse of a Maser passing what looks like a blue Elva MK II at the 1966 RA 500. Bruce Monroe and Baxter Rogers drove an Elva-Cl;imax in the race, #66, and dnf'd. I be interested in info about Monroe and his blue MK II. (And photos too, of course.)

Monroe also entered the car in the 1967 June Sprints.

Bob Engberg

I be interested in info about Monroe and his blue MK II.

Any info or preferd sites that i can post the pics on?

my dad was Dave schack, I have some really incredible pics of the elva and other cars that he used to race. I also located the actual car it is back in England. Any info or preferd sites that i can post the pics on?

Don't know if it has been mentioned before, and if it has, I apologize. Janos Wimpffen is finishing a new book, this one on the history of Elva. Based upon what else Janos has done, this will be VERY complete indeed.

Tom

Janos' book is scheduled to be released in time for the "Elva Reunion" at Road America in September, 2010.

Here's the rear axle from MBU309 the 7th Elva made, it was built at the end of 1955/beginning of 1956.
I think it is 100E rather than E93A - 100E came out in 1953.
The same type was in chassis number 23, registered YKJ400 in October 1956.

Edited by carlt, 17 May 2012 - 08:13.

I'm a contributor and supporter of all things Trojan which bought the Elva car company in the late 50's. The Trust Chairman is David Hambleton who is always looking for stories or pictures to add to the Trust's inventories. If you can help - contact details as follows-

DavidHambleton <david_hambleton@hotmail.com>;http://www.trojanmus...va_mclaren.html

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Tim Shenken who raced the Trojan F1?

Published with permission of Jay Wollenweber Copyright 2012.

My fellow blogger Jay Wollenweber kindly sent me some pics of the Elva Mk6 seen above at the recent Danville Concours d'Elegance, and says it 'may' be one of the two cars used in Viva Las Vegas, looking back in this thread I see Harmonizer 'may' own one of the films two Elvas namely #60/10. Can anyone confirm this is Harmonisers car and if so am I correct in thinking it is still Alfa powered ? Any other details on this car will be more than welcome.

Answers may be credited and used in a blog early next year, thanking you in anticipation of your responses.

Edited by David Birchall, 29 October 2012 - 21:40.

The Alfa engined Elva Mk6 was here in the Vancouver area for the past 30 or so years owned by a close friend. It was fitted with Gerry Bruhl body and smaller wheels-it came from Dan Blocker and was documented as one of the cars in the movie. My friend sold the car recently and I wouldn't think there has been time to restore it to this condition. I could never understand why my friend (Harmonizer) never rebodied it.

As Arttidesco says, he's currently a senior official with the Australian governing body CAMS, and can probably be contacted through that organisation:

CAMS
P.O. Box 147
Caulfield East VIC 3145
Australia

Rear of this car is ELVA MK1...front is slightly different...
Any ideas? late car? race modification?...other car?
Thanks!
François.

I`ve just stumbled on this item...The first car I raced was a Mk1 Elve Climax of which I have a photo of.I dont recognise the front end of your picture and the Mk1 Elva that I drove had a DeDion rear.
We raced this car 1n 1960/61 and it handled badly.I later drove the Mk7,a so..so car and the Mk8...very good,designed by Patric Head..
Syd Fox.

Syd

If your car had a De-Dion it must have been a Mark 2 - you would have thought they would have sorted the handling by then!

The Mark 1 (originally it wasn't called the Mark 1 it was just an Elva) used a complete Standard 8/10 front subframe and Ford 100E solid rear axle.
Mark 1B eliminated the Standard subframe, attached the wishbones directly to the chassis and used rack & pinion steering but retained the solid Ford rear axle (the original cars then become known as Mark 1s).
Mark 2 had the same front suspension as a 1B but with a De-Dion rear axle.

I have a list of known and some missing early Elvas but no record of which car you drove (do have results from Janos Wimpffen with you driving a Mark 2 - Climax in various 1960-62 events).
Did it have a registration number or anything else that might help identify it?

Peter

Peter,
We were sold the car as a Mk1 and was 2/3 years old,it`s roadholding was bad up against the 1960+cars but you must be correct calling it a Mk2 as it had the Climax engine and we drove it 1960-61 before getting a second hand
Lola Climax to start the 62 season...the Lola was quite a revalation after the Elva.Thanks for you information,goes to show we never stop learning.

Bexhill Museum's Mark III seen at The Classic Motor Show last weekend :-



Am I correct in thinking Mk III's were built in Hastings ?

Edited by Bloggsworth, 19 November 2012 - 17:36.

As Arttidesco says, he's currently a senior official with the Australian governing body CAMS, and can probably be contacted through that organisation:

CAMS
P.O. Box 147
Caulfield East VIC 3145
Australia

As a result of this information I can now report the following: Tim Schenken is the new Patron of Trojan Museum Trust

http://www.trojanmus...eaflet_2014.pdf

my dad was Dave schack, I have some really incredible pics of the elva and other cars that he used to race. I also located the actual car it is back in England. Any info or preferd sites that i can post the pics on?

Edited by cazou, 10 November 2019 - 18:24.

This year's Frostbite fans will

be getting their first look at the

Elva Courier, a production car

manufactured by an English

engineering company.

The company has long been

known in the racing field for its

Elva Mark I, Mark II and Mark

IV, but this is its first Courier

model.

It's a small car, weighing 1,350

pounds. That compares to the

MG's 1,850 pounds, although both

cars are operated by the same

type engine and transmission.

Five Elva Couriers are in the

field thus far, including the alum-

inum body model that was used

by the company as a pattern. It

is owned by Anseth Childs and

will be driven by Bill Parham.

The four other Couriers are fi-

berglass. K. G. Peebles Jr., of

Houston, Ted Scott of Dallas, and

Herb Cloer and Troy Clem Jr.,

both of Fort Worth, are the others

who have entered the new cars.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday 3 Feb 1959, Page 19

So the prototype Elva Courier went to Texas, aluminium body (said to be by Williams & Pritchard), split-screen and all.

See also: https://forums.autos...7#entry10375901

Bill Parham was owner of International Motors, 1500 W. 7th, Fort Worth, Texas.

"Fort Worth's Sole Distributor of PRINZ

Elva Courier, & B.M.W."

RGDS RLT

Edited by Rupertlt1, 11 September 2023 - 18:18.