1969 FAIRTHORPE TXS

This very rare Fairthorpe TXS is one of only 26 made, and one of only three to have the designer's original rear torsion suspension set-up. The glassfibre-bodied car is based on Triumph GT6 2.0-litre running gear and chassis and was restored over 2023 and 2024 with a full chassis and engine strip-down, full respray and renewed leather and wool interior, with other mechanical and electrical work also carried out. ‘Cherry Bomb’ exhausts are fitted, but the original exhaust silencers are included with the sale, along with mudflaps. The vendor has owned it for over 20 years and describes it as running and driving. The Fairthorpe was registered in February 1969 and has two owners recorded on its V5C. The odometer shows 69 miles (presumably having been reset during its restoration). There's no record of an MoT back to 2005, when online MoT records began. However, now classed as an historic vehicle on its V5C, it no longer requires annual testing. 

Paperwork includes the V5C, original brochures and articles, photos of the restoration, Fairthorpe and model history and an invoice for a new battery dated January 2025.       

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