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Elva

UNITED KINGDOM

1958-1968

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Elva was a British sports car manufacturer founded by Frank Nichols, who ran a garage business in Bexhill, Sussex, in the early 1950s. Nichols commissioned Mike Chapman to build him a competition car, the C.S.M., powered by a 1172cc Ford engine, and, encouraged by its performance, worked with his mechanic to develop an improved version bearing the Elva name, derived from the French "elle va" ("she goes"). The resulting Elva…

United Kingdom · 1958-1968 · Coupe, Sportscar · Associated with Alex von Falkenhausen, Frank Nichols, Keith Marsden, Ken Sheppard, Mike Chapman, Peter Nott, Tim Fry, Tony Ellis, Trevor Fiore

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