Fairthorpe Cars

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   Back in the day, 1954-61 to be precise,  Chalfont St Peter was at the heart of small-time car manufacturing with the Fairthorpe car company, built if my memory serves me well in what is now the Co-Op.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairthorpe_Cars

I had a red Electron Minor, basic but fun.

There is one being advertised for sale for an unbelievable £16k

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1098140

If you click the pictures in the advert to the right, you can see on the third picture the manufacturing plate showing Chalfont St Peter

Edited by Rich Kid - 03 June 2019 at 9:23am

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Rich Kid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chalfont Snapper Joined: 11 January 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 626	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rich Kid Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Fairthorpe Cars Posted: 02 June 2019 at 6:02pm
	Back in the day, 1954-61 to be precise, Chalfont St Peter was at the heart of small-time car manufacturing with the Fairthorpe car company, built if my memory serves me well in what is now the Co-Op. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairthorpe_Cars I had a red Electron Minor, basic but fun. There is one being advertised for sale for an unbelievable £16k https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1098140 If you click the pictures in the advert to the right, you can see on the third picture the manufacturing plate showing Chalfont St Peter Edited by Rich Kid - 03 June 2019 at 9:23am

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watsy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chalfont Admin Joined: 11 January 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1426	Post Options Post Reply Quote watsy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 June 2019 at 8:11am
	Wow, I never knew that. I'll have to check through my bits and bobs to see if I have anything on them.

hissing sid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chalfont Oldie Joined: 12 January 2005 Status: Offline Points: 10566	Post Options Post Reply Quote hissing sid Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 June 2019 at 1:57pm
	https://www.chalfontstpeter.com/forum/fairthorpe-cars_topic6689.html?KW=Fairthorpe
	Hissing Sid It's a free country, adopt whatever PC stance you want. Just don't tell me which stance I should take just because it clashes with your opinion.

Rich Kid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chalfont Snapper Joined: 11 January 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 626	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rich Kid Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 June 2019 at 4:40pm
	I'm glad Hissing Sid has a good memory because I had forgotten that we had discussed Fairthorpe cars before!

watsy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chalfont Admin Joined: 11 January 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1426	Post Options Post Reply Quote watsy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 June 2019 at 5:07pm
	So had I!

Ianclarke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Sandbox Joined: 19 January 2021 Location: Amersham Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ianclarke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 January 2021 at 6:18pm
	I remember Fairthorpes well in the 1950s and 60s. I used to go to face meetings in one. Also Motorwork whose garages were next to Fairthorpe’s works (Charlie White). They raced two Aston Martin DB3Ss which were driven by the Whitehead brothers who came second at Le Mans (62 EMU). It was displayed the following week in Motorwork’s showroom in the Lower Road CSP. A lot more history and stories there.