Looking for information to locate Rusty Johnson and/or his Fairthorpe last seen in Northern California in 2006. The following photos were sent to the Fairthorpe Sports Car Club nearly twenty years ago.
Rusty's
grandfather owned this car since the mid-seventies and finished restoring it
about thirty years ago, his name is Arthur Watson. With the Triumph TR3 wheels, this is definitely
a Fairthorpe Electron, very rare with only around 40 being built and perhaps
less than 20 made their way to the States.
The
Fairthorpe Electron with its “SPEED NOSE”. Is this Fairthorpe Electron still owned
in Northern California by Rusty Johnson?
The
cockpit of the Election which had the speedometer and tachometer stacked, one
above the other as on this Electron. Arthur
Watson bought it from a guy who used to race the Fairthorpe in Long Beach,
California.The shift lever appears to be from the Triumph TR3, which was
the “heavy” gearbox options for the Electrons. Does this Electron still have its
original Coventry Climax engine? There is currently only one Fairthorpe
Electron known in the United States with the original Climax motor, that Electron
is also in Northern California.
Arthur
Watson bought it from a guy who used to race the Fairthorpe in Long Beach, this
car could possibly be the Electron that was raced in the early sixties by Jack
Brabban. But, there were at least two Fairthorpes that were raced by Norbert
McNamara in Northern California. Additionally, a few Electrons were also raced
in Arizona.
