Reg Phillips took an Austin 7 chassis and drive train, split the front axle to give independent suspension and fitted a Manx Norton engine at the front. The car, being named after Fairley Steels where he was Chairman.

Reg finished 7th in the 1948 British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone, a significant feat.

Later, he converted it to a Jowett engine.

The Fairley in its later incarnation:

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