Fairthorpe
Overview
Launched in 1954 by war-hero Air Vice-Marshall Donald Bennett the Fairthorpe company set-out to "attack" the micro-car market with its new model, the Atom. Sales of the Atom were relatively slow and only 44 cars were built in its 3 year production run.
Much more successful were the sporty Fairthorpe Electron models, particularly the Electron Minor of which over 700 examples were built from 1957-73. The last Fairthorpe models were the adventurous TX-GT and TX-S/TX-SS sports coupes built between 1967-76.
Models produced by Fairthorpe
| Picture | Model | Produced |
|---|---|---|
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Atom | 1954-1957 |
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Atomota | 1958-1960 |
| Atomota Major | 1958-1960 | |
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Electrina | 1961-1963 |
| Electron | 1956-1965 | |
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Electron Minor | 1957-1973 |
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Formula Junior | 1960-1960 |
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Rockette | 1963-1967 |
| TX Tripper | 1970-1976 | |
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TX-GT | 1967-1976 |
| TX-S | 1967-1976 | |
| TX-SS | 1967-1976 | |
| Zeta | 1960-1965 | |
| ?-? |