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ELFIN SPORTS CARS Garrie Cooper Began Building Elfin Cars in the Late 1950’S in a Modest Factory in Conmurra Street, Edwardstown, Adelaide ELFIN SPORTS CARS Garrie Cooper began building Elfin Cars in the late 1950’s in a modest factory in Conmurra Street, Edwardstown, Adelaide. The factory went on to produce 250 racing and sports/racing cars during the next 24 years. Elfins were ultimately involved in 24 major Australian and overseas Championship victories. Garrie was awarded the Membership of Honour from the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and the Advance Australia Award for "Outstanding contribution to Motorsport" CHAMPIONSHIPS & MAJOR TITLES ACHIEVED IN ELFIN CARS Australian Formula Junior Championship STREAMLINER September 59-63 1962 Frank Matich Elfin FJ Production 23 Australian 11/2 litre / Formula 2 Championship 1968 Garrie Cooper Elfin Type 600 - with Stewart (Rennmax) CLUBMAN FORMULA Junior / CATALINA 1961 - August 65 1961- July 64 1971 Henk Woelders Elfin Type 600E Waggott Production 14 Production 20 1972 Larry Perkins Elfin Type 600B MALLALA 1977 Peter Larner Elfin Type 700 December 62-March 64 CAMS Gold Star - Australian Drivers’ Championship Production 5 1973 John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Formula 5000 FORMULA Vee December 65-March 68 1975 John McCormack Elfin MR6 Repco Formula 5000 TYPE 100 Mono Production 21 1964-1969 Australian Sports Car Championship TYPE 300 Production 19 1967-69 1966 Frank Matich Elfin Type 400 Traco Oldsmobile Production 6 TYPE 400 June 66-67 600 1970 Peter Woodward Elfin Type 350 Climax Production 4 March 68-71 MALMARK Production 27 600-FF Produced in Victoria by 1973 Phil Moore Elfin Type 360 Repco October 68-72 agreement with G. Cooper Production 17 Production 8 1974 Henry Michell Elfin Type 360 Repco TYPE 350 June 69 1975 Garrie Cooper Elfin MS7 Chevrolet Production 1 Australian Tourist Trophy ME 5 1966 Frank Matich Elfin Type 400 Traco Oldsmobile TYPE 360 October 69 MR5 622 June 71-1971 Production 1 Sept 71-Feb 72 October 72-74 1975 Garrie Cooper Elfin MS7 Chevrolet Production 3 Production 4 Production 6 1976 Stuart Kostera Elfin MS7 Chevrolet 620FF/620B June 72-1975 1978 Greg Doidge Elfin Type 360 Repco 623 Production 20 1973-74 Formula Ford - Australian Driver to Europe Series Production 8 1970 Richard Knight Elfin Type 600FF MS 7 MR6 630 1971 Larry Perkins Elfin Type 600FF 1974 1974 1974-75 1974 Terry Perkins Elfin Type 620 Production 1 Production 1 Production 2 Rothmans International Series 1979 Larry Perkins Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Formula 5000 New Zealand Grand Prix 1973 John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Formula 5000 700 MR8-C 1975-77 NG FORMULA Vee 1975 John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Formula 5000 1976-78 Production 7 August 76-1983 Production 3 New Zealand Formula Ford Series Production 29 1970 David Oxton Elfin Type 600FF 1971 David Oxton Elfin Type 600FF Singapore Grand Prix 1968 Garrie Cooper Elfin Type 600 792 AERO January 79-1979 1979 Malaysian Grand Prix Production 3 Production 1 1968 Hengkie Iriawan Elfin Type 600 1969 Tony Maw Elfin Type 600 VW Road Car 1980-1994 Australian Hill Climb Championship Production 1 1975 Stan Keen Elfin MR5 Ford Formula 5000 MR9 1980 Production 1 GE Two-25 1983 Roger Harrison Elfin Type 600 Repco 1980 Production 1 Presented to The Sporting Car Club of South Australia, April 2006, by Lorraine Cooper, on behalf of all Elfin enthusiasts..
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