Our new M9 "Blueboy"


These are birth photos, nobody looks real good right after birth, but I suspect he will look a lot different when I am done restoring him..	It was a little disappointing to find that the engine, which is how Fairmont tracked the cars it made, was from an M14 so it is not original to this car.
	The motor was manufactured in 1940 and is a Fairmont ROA type. The output rating on it is 5 HP continuous 8 horse intermittent. I have not been able to tell just which series the car is it seems to resemble the F series the most. I am guessing that is was made in the 1930's sometime

Originally I was not going to tear into this car as it was supposed to be runable with a few fixes. But I am glad I decided to tear it down because the framework had a lot a stress cracks, and many of the frame pieces needed to be fabricated.


Here I am beginning the build back up. I disassembled the frame a piece at a time. Stripping it down to bare metal and repainting each part. I would then loose fit the finished piece back into the car. When all the framework was painted I squared the box and locked down all the bolts. This took about 6 months to get the car to this point.	I have never been very fond of working with wood, but I decided to use hardwood for the motor box supports and oak plywood for the sides and floor. I just today (June 11) decided to restore the motor, so that will most likely put this project out till 2001 before it is finished.

This is the maiden voyage, I cannot begin to describe the fun we have had with this little car.	With around 1000 miles on it, we took the M9 to Montana and ran all over that state with it. The closes thing to a motorcycle on rails you will ever get.