100-173-L Elva Courier

Elva numbering convention is interesting

First it indicates that the model was COURIER

100 Series was for the export Courier

But it was also for the Front Engine Formula Junior
and for the Mk 1 Sports racer

200 Series was for the UK Courier
300 Series for the Spyder (lightweight Factory car)




173 was the numeric car number

The -L was for Left hand drive - I don't know but an export car to New Zealand it might of been -R

Thinking that the cars would make it through a few seasons of racing.  This left a bit of a cavalier attitude to an absolute accounting of cars produced.

The Mk I (V Screen) was to car 50 or so and the Mk II was to approx s/n 173 on the export models

This car appears to be made at Trojan with a Hastings chassis and suspension.  The body rolls under the chassis and does not attach to an angle as it does on the earlier car.   I have a Trojan brochure that shows this manufacturing happening with Hastings parts.   You can see the dual master cylinders in the pictures and this is attached to a custom pedal box like the race cars.    The car being first titled in 1961 suggests manufacture by Trojan  as well.