1974 ELFIN MS7
Repco Holden 5 litre Sports Car

 

Bill Hemming (Managing Director) of Elfin Sports Cars in Melbourne purchased this car on my behalf in May 2005 from Aaron Lewis in Cesnock New South Wales who raced it successfully in Group Q Historic Sports Cars on most East Coast Australian circuits with many class lap records to it's credit.

Brief History

1974 .... raced originally by famous Elfin car builder Garry Cooper in 1974/5 and it won the Australian Sports Car Championship.

1975 - 83 it was owned and raced regularly and successfully by Stuart Kostera in Western Australia winning many titles.

1983 -1997 Alan Newton then bought it and raced it successfully also until sold to Aaron Lewis in 1997.

Specifications

	Engine is Formula 5000 5 litre pushrod 4998 cc dry sump V8 Repco Holden based with Lucas fuel injection producing over 500 bhp.
	Transmission is a Hewland DG300 5 speed with LSD.
	Weight of car without fuel or driver = 730 Kg.
	Wheel sizes ... Rear 17" x 13" Front 11" x 13"
	Chassis/body are aluminium monocoque.
	Brakes are ventilated 10.5" disc brakes with 4 pot calipers.

Further Details

More details will be added to this page as they become available.

Eastern Creek Historic meeting, June 2005 - Rob's first win! 

Trophy presentation Sandown Park 2005 main race - 2nd outright

Sandown Park 2005 ... and ex Le Mans 1987 Porsche 962 behind

Sandown 2005 ... Lola T70 passed Elfin on the last lap up the back straight ... 2nd is better than 3rd!

Elfin at Phillip Island 2006

UPDATES

YEAR 2006 proved a great year for the big Elfin with two third places at Phillip Island against some very fast later model 1980's Le Mans specification Sports cars (including "that" 962 Porsche again), 3 x wins at Oran Park Grand Prix circuit in July and further wins at Eastern Creek and Winton in October ... a good year and the car is currently in 1000 pieces over 2006/2007 Xmas break receiving a complete "tidy up/repaint" together with a rebuilt engine hopefully with a bit more horsepower!

2007-2008: With new engine and about 30 more h.p. (now 525 bhp) the ELFIN ran at Phillip Island in March followed a week later by invitation at the Australian F1 Grand Prix in their support events by invitation which was a great honor. It also raced at Oran Park, Eastern Creek, Winton and Wakefield Park with enormous success including a few wins and podium places plus a couple of lap records as well. A good year for all.

2007 Australian F1 Grand Prix support race in Melbourne

2007 Australian F1 Grand Prix support race in Melbourne

Stay tuned for more news about 2008 later ...

PS. Tom (my 19 year old son) was give a couple of practice sessions in 2007 at both Eastern Creek and Winton Motor Raceway (Vic) and settled into almost the same lap times as his father ... so we are considering letting him do a couple of meetings (maybe) in the Elfin in 2008!!