ALEXIS (GB) 1959-70s

ALEXIS (GB) 1959-70s

RACING CARS MANUFACTURERS, made in the West Midlands

British Racing Car Manufacturers where there is not a lot of information about the manufacturer by the Automotive press at the time and even currently - There needs to be one

Although its possible Autosport UK may have done feature on the company and its cars (Autosport I have not had the pleasure of documenting their issues -although I have covered all Autocar and MOtor over the period that the company was around and found very little indeed!) the main depositly for Autosport Magazines in this country in New Zealand where I am from is 800 miles away here in Invercargill in the South Island Library (I am from the North)and besides if you do see them at auction - They tend to fetch up to $25 NZ for early issues on kiwi auction site Trademe.

Well What Have I got?
Brief Business Profile of the company
See: September 1971 Motorsport (GB) Page 898

BRIEF HISTORY of the Formula Junior Race cars given in a letter to Editor
See March 1985 Motorsport (GB) Page 292 given by Brief History' from Duncan Rabagliati ;Wimbdon UK


Cars that turned up for sale
a rare 1500GT Coupe 1960 (they usually made single seat race cars) turned up for sale in the Classifieds of magazine in 1982 fibreglass hand made car (a 1 off?) reg 1960 for 1100 pounds sterling car was registration 5653 NX and vender was from Stourbridge 6909; GB
See January 1982 Thoroughbred & Classic Cars (GB)Page 94 Volume 9 Issue 4

F2 1969 tuned up for sale in the UK in 2000 -fitted with Hewland Mk8 transmission;ex hill climb racer
See December 2000 Motorsport (GB) Page 114 Volume 77 Issue 12

Russell-Alexis Formula Ford : details: Dealer list +small colour photo; totally rebuild by professionals ; red loads of documents and history no year given 12950p
www.paulmattysportscars.co.uk Dealer Paul Matty Sportscars ; 12 Old Birmingham Rd; Bromsgrove ; Worcestershire B60 1DE Tel 01527 835656 See Sept 2006 Throughbred & Classic Cars (GB) Page 114 Issue 398


Formula Junior ex Paul Hawkins turned up for sale by Dealer who specials in race cars in 2003 for sale by Mike Brotherhood.com for 20,000 pounds in the classifieds

See: June 2003 Classic & Sportscar (GB) Page 218 Volume 22 Issue 4

Photo of Russell-Alexis Formula Ford as used by Jim Russell Training School an American who set up a UK operation in the 1960s
See: April-May 1968 NZ AA Magazine (note AA=Automobile Association) Page 35
and vehicle also turned up in Brief news feature -Part of a feature on Formula Ford car offered by the Motor Racing Stable
See: 21st March 1968 Autocar (GB) Page 59 Volume 128 Issue 3762

Announcement split between Jim Russell and Alexis in 1968 : details - Alex Cars LTD & Jim Russell orgazation whom handled the marketing and distn go their seperate ways;Cars now known as Alexis Cars LTD The Sport Column by G Robson & Martin Lewis
See: 10th October 1968 Page 83 Volume 129 Issue 3791

Trail car discovered 1961-1965 Discovered- in an enclousure in Warwickshire part of cache of vehicles were 2 x Austin 7 specials ; one was JW 8232 - x 750 Motor Club ; 2 other trail cars ; one is certainly a Cannon; other 202 HOF -Alexis trail car -E93A eng 61-64 built by Alexis of Birm words by Michawl Ware & Nick Baldwin
See: July 1986 Thoroughbred & Classic Cars (GB) Page 19 Volume 13 Issue 19