Elva 100

This car took part in the Miller Oils/AMOC Historic Formula Junior race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004.

It's the 1959 Elva 100 FJ of Robin Lackford, seen here during the race at Lodge Corner. The front-engined Elva 100 was produced in 1959 and 1960 with a 948cc BMC 'A' series engine, but during the 1960 season the car was unable to match the rear-engined Cooper and Lotus cars and by the end of that season Frank Nichols had replaced it with the rear-engined Elva 200. Robin Lackford's car has a 998cc engine, presumably the BMC 'A' series with the same stroke as the 948cc engine, but with a larger bore, that was introduced in 1962.