I have to admit bias - I have and have had for quite some time an Elva Courier that I use on the street
and while it has spent time on the track driven at 8 tenths - it is not the norm for Couriers
A frequent comment on the car is that I should put numbers on and vintage race the car - in some ways I agree - but I have had poor eyesight for as long as I can remember - it would not be a good idea
Every Courier was built to race - now there are Elva Courier Spyders and Elva Courier Sebrings
as the extremely rare factory specials - but these are the same car with reduced weight for the most part
Most Couriers came with a tuned Engine by Ryetune in England (Weslake guys - Gurney Weslake or the guy who holds the patent on the Heart shaped Combustion Chamber)
It is the same block but a lot of machining and detail work
The suspension is fully adjustable,for spring and shock from the factory
Factory race pedal box
The minimal trim and windshields easily removed.
My car is a well driven show car
This week in a car show, I lost to a Healey 100M - a factory M car (aren't they all, consisting of a few bolt on parts) The Healey 100M had a few parts added for racing - it was the hard core Healey - you hear this when they talk about the car, and you hear it quite a bit . It is the later day Porsche GT3 - A race car for the street - gasp
But there must be a fine line - every Courier was a hard core racing special just road worthy enough to get you to the track
After the show - I blasted down one of the most famous sports car roads in the world - restating in my mind that while the Courier is a nice car to look at - its virtues lie in the driven world
