{"id":19905,"date":"2011-04-13T10:10:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T09:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=19905"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:39:53","slug":"elva-gt160","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/elva-gt160\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare as Hen&#8217;s Teeth #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19905 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-post-gallery-thumb'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-251x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-gallery-thumb size-post-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-251x167.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-278x185.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-2-251x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-gallery-thumb size-post-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-2-251x167.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-2-278x185.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-3-251x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-gallery-thumb size-post-gallery-thumb\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-3-251x167.jpg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1964-Elva-GT160-3-278x185.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Emerging from the shoestring budgeted British club racing scene of the 1950s, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elva.com\/index.php\">Elva <\/a>cars was the brainchild of Frank G Nicols &#8211; who successfully raced at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwood.com\/motorsport\/grrc-membership\/join-the-grrc-fellowship\/\">Goodwood<\/a> throughout that austere decade \u2014 and began marketing special road-going racers for customers after some notable success.<\/p>\n<p>The name Elva is apparently a corruption of &#8216;elle va&#8217; meaning &#8216;she goes&#8217; in a variety of latin languages &#8211; and no matter how quaint this story is, the brand was seen on around a thousand sports racing and road going cars.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the most famous and popular Elva Models was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishracecar.com\/BillThumel-Elva-Courier.htm\">Courier<\/a> &#8211; for us their most interesting creation was the GT160 coup\u00e9 &#8211; of which just three were built. 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