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- A brief background
- from Mathews Collection Site
- In November 1964 the MA went into production as the McLaren Elva Mark 1. Work began immediately on 24 customer M1As in order to have a car on display at the London Racing Car Show in January 1965.
- The M1A in the Mathews Collection is the first of the Elva built cars, chassis 20-01, and is the car that premiered at the London Racing Car Show as the first McLaren customer car the world had ever seen. The car was then bought by John Coombs, a Jaguar dealer in England, for Graham Hill to drive. After the L.A. Times Grand Prix in October 1965, John Coombs sold the car to Jerry Entin, a California racer. The M1A's new owner landed it a part in the movie Spinout, in which Elvis Presley drove the car.
- See more on this car on Mathews Collection site page Mathews Collection
- Jerry Entin Ownership and history
- When Graham Hill raced it in the 1965 Riverside Grand Prix. He was running a solid 3rd when the car broke the rear wheel studs.
Photo above by Allen Kuhn vintage-sportscar-photos - After I bought the car my first race was in Las Vegas (Stardust) . Picture below is at that race. My Brother Hershey is by my side in the sport shirt.
- Photos above & below from Jerry Entin
- While I owned it the car was a dull gray. I had an Olds engine and a Hewland HD gearbox. I got it in the Elvis movie through my friend Bruce Kessler. He was the second unit director. They painted it a kind of gold. Harry Mathews bought it 10 years later from a fellow named Dick McGovern.
- In 2000 Harry took it to the Goodwood Reunion. Harry was honored to have Lord Charles March, the host of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, at the wheel of the Mathews Collection's historic McLaren Elva M1A.
- Photos above & below from the Mathews Collection site
- The car specification today are as follows.
- Model: M1A
Year: 1965
Color: Gold and white
Engine: Chevrolet V8
CC: 5645
Power: 400 bhp
Transmission: ZF 5 speed
Brakes: Girling Discs
Length: 166"
Width: 64"
Height: 51"
Weight: 1828 lbs
Chassis no: 20-01- Special Thanks to Jerry Entin who provided the information and motivation for this page.
- A brief background
- from Mathews Collection Site
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