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Electron Minor Fairthorpe Electron Minor
 
Style 2 Seat Open Top Sports Car
Made by Fairthorpe
Produced 1957 to 1960
   
The Fairthorpe Electron Minor is probably the Fairthorpe model you are most likely to see as around 280 were sold. A good looking car in it's day (which explains the quantity sold) it filled the need for a small 2 seater sports car.

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Turner Sports Cars

The first Turner models were produced in 1954 by a company established by Jack Turner near Wolverhampton, England.Initially known as the "803" and using an 803cc Austin A30 engine, transmission and suspension, the car featured a simple ladder frame chassis and open fibreglass 2-seater sports bodywork. In 1956, the uprated 948cc unit from the Austin A35 was adopted and the model renamed "950", but was otherwise unchanged.In 1959 this model was replaced by a new version which although similar to t

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