60 Motor club Autotest
RAF Locking
I recently had a convesation with ex Fairthorpe owner Mike Hahn, over the years he has owned 5 1/2 Firthorpes, this is the first in a short series about Mikes Fairthorpes in his own words.
`The first was 3321HX which I bought in 1966 from a Kodak employee in
Ruislip for £75. I ran it with a Standard 10 engine, then a Herald 1200 engine
and finally a Triumph 2000 engine. The Herald 1200 with twin 1.5 SUs, raised
compression and an SAH26 camshaft was the most successful of the three. I fitted
rack and pinion steering, first 4.5J wheels then 5.5J Marcos wheels obtained
during one of Marcos' fairly frequent post bankruptcy sales. After the 4.55 diff
broke I fitted a Herald 4.11 diff.
Great Auclum Hillclimb
In 1976 this one was sold to a chap who worked for Smedleys in East
Anglia and bought back again in 1986 from a chap in Birmingham. I got it going
again and then took it apart for the comprehensive restoration that never
happened.
1986 as bought back
I eventually sold it via eBay at Christmas 2007 to a chap in Belgium.
He chose a very windy day to collect it - the ferry took four and a half hours
to get from Calais to Dover and he and his mate arrived looking very
green!`
Motorville Denham Fairthorpe meeting 1989
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