Identify 1960s red sports car in video grab

[A993LAD]

I was watching a 1960s "Look at Life" information film and couldn't identify this red sports car. Any ideas?

[LarJammer]

Ashley Sportiva?

[nicanary]

Fairthorpe Electron Minor.

Edited by nicanary on Tuesday 27th February 18:43

[tr7v8]

nicanary said:

Fairthorpe Electron Minor.

Edited by nicanary on Tuesday 27th February 18:43

This

[Dapster]

nicanary said:

Fairthorpe Electron Minor.

Edited by nicanary on Tuesday 27th February 18:43

You’ve made that up surely! Sounds like a character from Just William.

“Whose bicycle did you take Brown?” “Er, it was Fairthorpe Electron Minor’s sir”

[aeropilot]

A993LAD said:

I was watching a 1960s "Look at Life" information film and couldn't identify this red sports car. Any ideas?

I was more curious as to whereabouts that was filmed.......as that is a Bus 105 in the background, a bus route I used to use quite a bit in my youth........so almost certainly that clip was filmed on the A40 in West London somewhere between White City and Greenford roundabout. I have a feeling it's on the westbound approach to the old Greenford roundabout.

[A993LAD]

nicanary said:

Fairthorpe Electron Minor.

Edited by nicanary on Tuesday 27th February 18:43

Cheers thanks for that.

[nicanary]

Dapster said:

nicanary said:

Fairthorpe Electron Minor.

Edited by nicanary on Tuesday 27th February 18:43

You’ve made that up surely! Sounds like a character from Just William.

“Whose bicycle did you take Brown?” “Er, it was Fairthorpe Electron Minor’s sir”

Fairthorpe originally introduced the Electron with a Coventry-Climax engine which proved a bit expensive for the intended enthusiast clientele, so they re-jigged the underpinnings and fitted a Standard 8 engine and called it the Electron Minor.