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

PictureModelProduced
  Atom 1954-1957
Atomota
Atomota 1958-1960
  Atomota Major 1958-1960
  Electrina 1961-1963
  Electron 1956-1965
Electron Minor
Electron Minor 1957-1973
Formula Junior
Formula Junior 1960-1960
Rockette
Rockette 1963-1967
TX-GT
TX-GT 1967-1976
  TX-S 1967-1976
  TX-SS 1967-1976
  Zeta 1960-1965

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