Fairthorpe Electron Minor FIA

[chris dady]

With the amount of club racing it participated in, it is hardly conceivable that the Electron Minor with its Triumph running gear would have managed to avoid ever racing in an 'international' event - but I cannot find one - can any of you helpful people make any suggestions I can research please? Many thanks!

[zefarelly]

It probably did compete . . . .In the same race as the Rochdale Olympic, most TVR's/Marcos,GInetta/Diva/Falcon Perigrine/Tornado's etc . . .It was the Timothy Leary 500 at The Isle of White Festival.

all the documents where lost at sea, and the cars drifted ashore just off Selsey Bill

[Al Weyman]

Its ridiculous, if the car was built then let it run, why does it matter a fig if someone may or may not have entered it for some race or other. I just really do not understand all this FIA twaddle.

[morninggents]

Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Its ridiculous, if the car was built then let it run, why does it matter a fig if someone may or may not have entered it for some race or other. I just really do not understand all this FIA twaddle.

That means the Lotus 6 my brother and I built in dad's garage in 1962 with the 3.5 alloy Buick V8, but kept it a secret, could race in the Spa 6 hours!

[Al Weyman]

No not at all as thats a home built special don't be daft, I am talking about genuine production cars made by a certified manufacturer, type approved and sold to the general public.

[SAMD]

Originally Posted by morninggents

That means the Lotus 6 my brother and I built in dad's garage in 1962 with the 3.5 alloy Buick V8, but kept it a secret, could race in the Spa 6 hours!

Flip sake! did you build one of those too?

[morninggents]

Originally Posted by SAMD

Flip sake! did you build one of those too?

Yeah, we had a spare as well so with yours there were 3 built. Today,however, there are 8 all sharing the 3 chassis numbers!!

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by chris dady

With the amount of club racing it participated in, it is hardly conceivable that the Electron Minor with its Triumph running gear would have managed to avoid ever racing in an 'international' event - but I cannot find one - can any of you helpful people make any suggestions I can research please? Many thanks!

Hi Chris, good to hear you are still in the area and thinking of racing cars!

Presume you are talking of HTP possibilities? What info do you have about the car's period racing exploits, and have you had a chat with Jim (Lowry) about them. He guided my plastic car through the process without recourse to the famous IoW Festival................

[Jeremy Hall]

I assume that the car you are talking about is the Fairthorpe Rockette with a 1600 straight six engine-Vitesse .
If so it is homologated on from number 91.

[Al Weyman]

Sweet little engine that as I recollect.

[Bitsa]

My good friend owns the three eyed Rockette with Triumph 6 engine and the other one is in a shed having been grass tracked for many years ...

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by zefarelly

It probably did compete . . . .In the same race as the Rochdale Olympic, most TVR's/Marcos,GInetta/Diva/Falcon Perigrine/Tornado's etc . . .It was the Timothy Leary 500 at The Isle of White Festival.

all the documents where lost at sea, and the cars drifted ashore just off Selsey Bill

Searching the internet I found that Patrice Wattine may own one of these - and have FIA papers for it. Zef, from what I have read I think you might know him?

[MGDavid]

Originally Posted by phoenix

Searching the internet I found that Patrice Wattine may own one of these - and have FIA papers for it. Zef, from what I have read I think you might know him?

Patrice is a delightful gent, very approachable, and his collection is worth the trip to Roubaix.
his website is in the public domain
http://www.arfindustries.com/
and a contact email is there too; he's also active on Facebook...
HTH

[Bitsa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFLTF_U6mbY&feature=fvsr

and he has a Gilbern 1800 ....