Fairley Climax

[33JOY]

I collected the Reg Phillips' Fairley Climax from its former home in the Midlands today. It has been out of action for some while, having blown a large hole in the side of its Coventry Climax engine when being run by former owner Paul Bason at Shelsley Walsh a few years ago. Using an engine that had seen extensive historic rally use in my Lotus Elite over many years, Tony Mantle of Climax Engine Services has now pieced together what I hope will be a worthy replacement for the original.

Here's a couple of photos of the frame before re-assembly:





At the moment I have only a very sketchy knowledge of the car's history, other than what I have gleaned from Paul, and I am hoping that the experts on this forum will be able to fill in some of the gaps for me and/or point me in the right direction.

Having run the engine earlier today I suspect that the most immediate problem is going to be finding some way of attaching an exhaust silencer. Four open pipes are currently a bit LOUD...

I will post a couple of more up to date photos later.

Peter

[Sabrejet]

Quoting from Simon Taylor's excellent Shelsley book, I can as a start tell you that the Fairley-Climax captured a BTD of 37.33 at the 28 August 1960 meeting. I understand the car was Cooper 500-based and your photos seem to back that up.

[jo white]

33JOY i ve just pmd you

[grboulter]

Wow, looks fantastic! -I cannot wait to see it finished!

Meantime, grab yourself a copy of the JMW "1959 British Hillclimb Championship" DVD.
-There is some footage of the car running.

Best wishes, Gra.

[33JOY]

A couple more photos to show some detail:





Gravity fuel feed and two float chambers for the 2" SU.

[carl talbot]

Bugger the silencer ! --- that looks lovely as is

[eboman 58]

ACCORDING TO C A N MAYS BOOK SPEED HILLCLIMB REG PHILLIPS ACQUIRED
A COOPER 1000 IN 1955 . MAKING HIS DEBUT AT A HILLCLIMB AT CATTERICK CAMP IN JULY .HE USED THIS COOPER 1000 1955 1956 .THEN REBUILT IT INTO
THE FAIRLEY- CLIMAX AND MADE ITS DEBUT AT JUNE PRESCOTT 1957
AND SEEMED TO BE STILL GOING STRONG IN 1961. THERE IS A GREAT PHOTO OF IT IN C A N MAYS BOOK . GREAT TO SEE THE CAR STILL EXISTS AND WILL BE USED IN ANGER AGAIN . WILL BE GREAT TO SEE IT BACK ON THE HILLS.

[33JOY]

Originally Posted by eboman 58

ACCORDING TO C A N MAYS BOOK SPEED HILLCLIMB REG PHILLIPS ACQUIRED
A COOPER 1000 IN 1955 . MAKING HIS DEBUT AT A HILLCLIMB AT CATTERICK CAMP IN JULY .HE USED THIS COOPER 1000 1955 1956.

Not sure of the source of this photo so if you would like me to remove it please just say.

[Pam Gazey]

Hi Peter,

Great to see the Fairley is going to be back on the hills?

My husband Jim restored this for Reg Phillips back in 2001, I have just PM'd you as we have loads of pictures etc which you may be interested in.

BR

Pam and Jim Gazey