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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 47701" data-attributes="member: 456"><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Vincent three-wheeler was eventually bought by Joe Karasek from the ‘Vincent’ works and then handed over to a body shop on the Kent/Sussex boarder who made a very fine job of rebuilding the whole of the bodywork. Joe had an interesting life. He was a German prisoner of war, held in the UK after being captured and put to work on a farm. He eventually settled down and married an English lady farmer and helped her to run the farm. However he was also a very fine optical grinder and would occasionally work for local engineering companies making components which had to be accurate to one tenth of a thou. in all dimensions and diagonals. Having bought the three wheeler he then proceeded to race it at Silverstone and other places and I and several other members of the Kent and Sussex section passengered for him at various times. Eventually he broke the primary drive chain which seriously damaged the drive side crankcase half. He bought another engine and fitted it to the bike and I bought the damaged crankcase as a spare as I was sprinting and racing at that time and new crankcases were not available. I had the crankcase half repaired and kept it for many years. In the meantime, Joe sold the three-wheeler to Roy Harper, who lent it to a car and bike museum near to Eastbourne. Here the whole thing was neglected and occasionally I would hear stories of parts of the engine being left lying around on the floor. After many years it was bought by Bob Culver who contacted me to see if I was prepared to let him have the original crankcases. As I have never been into Vincents for money all I asked for was another old crankcase in exchange. Eventually Bob offered me a DRAT crankcase in exchange and he ended up with the originals. He now has the whole thing as part of his collection of all things Vincent.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 47701, member: 456"] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]The Vincent three-wheeler was eventually bought by Joe Karasek from the ‘Vincent’ works and then handed over to a body shop on the Kent/Sussex boarder who made a very fine job of rebuilding the whole of the bodywork. Joe had an interesting life. He was a German prisoner of war, held in the UK after being captured and put to work on a farm. He eventually settled down and married an English lady farmer and helped her to run the farm. However he was also a very fine optical grinder and would occasionally work for local engineering companies making components which had to be accurate to one tenth of a thou. in all dimensions and diagonals. Having bought the three wheeler he then proceeded to race it at Silverstone and other places and I and several other members of the Kent and Sussex section passengered for him at various times. Eventually he broke the primary drive chain which seriously damaged the drive side crankcase half. He bought another engine and fitted it to the bike and I bought the damaged crankcase as a spare as I was sprinting and racing at that time and new crankcases were not available. I had the crankcase half repaired and kept it for many years. In the meantime, Joe sold the three-wheeler to Roy Harper, who lent it to a car and bike museum near to Eastbourne. Here the whole thing was neglected and occasionally I would hear stories of parts of the engine being left lying around on the floor. After many years it was bought by Bob Culver who contacted me to see if I was prepared to let him have the original crankcases. As I have never been into Vincents for money all I asked for was another old crankcase in exchange. Eventually Bob offered me a DRAT crankcase in exchange and he ended up with the originals. He now has the whole thing as part of his collection of all things Vincent.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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