Fairthorpe Electron in Northern California: WANTED DEAD or ALIVE

 

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.  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.