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<blockquote data-quote="Little Honda" data-source="post: 79259" data-attributes="member: 667"><p>When rebuilding my first Rapide in the mid to late 1970ies, being a total greenhorn on Vincents, I often went to Paul´s and Frankie´s house in Orchard Rd. no.17 in Stevenage with Kurt Schupp and</p><p>others. Paul was what I imagined an English Gentleman was, being well educated and whitty, as well as most entertaining. He helped me a lot to get the missing parts for my bike, which was different</p><p>to nowadays, as then VOC spares were of lesser quality and availability, than today. One day, after many visits, I asked him about the sidecar outfit in his house´s yard, and he showed it to me: It was</p><p>a homemade special with an austin-7 engine built in, as George Brough had on offer in earlier years, but with one rear wheel and chain drive. I think, it was a modified Matchless frame. He wanted</p><p>to sell it, but (me Greenhorn) did not want it, because the door to my workshop at home was too small.... I still have a year-long communication by letter with him, the old gentleman and the young</p><p>passionate Vincent fan, which is most remarkable to me after his past as german prisoner of war - which never was mentioned between us until our last meet on his funeral in Den Haag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Honda, post: 79259, member: 667"] When rebuilding my first Rapide in the mid to late 1970ies, being a total greenhorn on Vincents, I often went to Paul´s and Frankie´s house in Orchard Rd. no.17 in Stevenage with Kurt Schupp and others. Paul was what I imagined an English Gentleman was, being well educated and whitty, as well as most entertaining. He helped me a lot to get the missing parts for my bike, which was different to nowadays, as then VOC spares were of lesser quality and availability, than today. One day, after many visits, I asked him about the sidecar outfit in his house´s yard, and he showed it to me: It was a homemade special with an austin-7 engine built in, as George Brough had on offer in earlier years, but with one rear wheel and chain drive. I think, it was a modified Matchless frame. He wanted to sell it, but (me Greenhorn) did not want it, because the door to my workshop at home was too small.... I still have a year-long communication by letter with him, the old gentleman and the young passionate Vincent fan, which is most remarkable to me after his past as german prisoner of war - which never was mentioned between us until our last meet on his funeral in Den Haag. [/QUOTE]
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