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Due to age, I am reluctantly offering my Elva Mark II for sale. Having owned it more than 30 years, restored it myself, and raced it many times, I know it inside and out, and have descriptions of every detail, and lots of pictures. I'll happily send a huge quantity of this stuff to anyone who's seriously interested.

To steer it towards the most appreciative new owner, let me explain what's best about it, and what it isn't. The best parts: a rock-solid history, driven by Baptista at Nassau, featured in Sports Cars Illustrated, winner with Frank Opalka of an SCCA championship. Miraculous originality: body, chassis, gearbox, suspension, brakes, even the engine (given 1220 cc. sleeves by Opalka). Welcome at rolling-museum events like Monterey. Dialed-in for ideal handling. Unique, pretty body, above-average cosmetics for a race car. A spectator favorite, often shown in race reports. Extremely reliable: no mechanical DNFs ever. Comfortable cockpit for six-footer. Runs fine, needs only routine prep to race (tires, belts, flush brakes, etc.)

The negatives are the flip-side of the positives. Being exactly what it was when new, it's not as fast as most hormone-fed current vintage racers. It doesn't have 14:1 compression, it doesn't have the 1460 Climax. It doesn't have sticky Hoosier tires. We're in an age where square Sprites can do wheelies at 120 mph. If your goal is to beat them, this is not your car.