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Elva made 69 Mark 7 chassis, of those just 19 had
Porsche power. The majority of these cars had 1700cc flat fan 4-Cam Porsche engines. Only the
last few had the 1996cc flat fan 4-Cam
engines.
The first USA
race the new Elva Porsche took part in was the Road America 500,
which it won outright! Elva
factory records show that chassis number 70P057 is delivered new
to Elva importer, Carl Haas, in Chicago
in 1964. This was
the 17th of the 19 Elva Porsches built, and went on
to have a successful
USA
racing history.
It is one of only a few Elva Porsches originally
built with the 1996cc 4-Cam
flat fan engine. These
were the more reliable plain bearing crankshaft engines
producing 185 BHP. Having
resided for twenty odd years in a prominent collection.
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