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<blockquote data-quote="Johnbull" data-source="post: 28913" data-attributes="member: 2349"><p>More on the " B " Rapide mentioned in earlier threads.</p><p></p><p>I phoned Bill Kind on Saturday evening and asked a few questions. </p><p></p><p>Yes he did buy it from a British serviceman who was returning home after his term in Malta. The records should show that it was originally exported to Mr. Carmelo Tanti, The Strand, Gzira, Malta, who was the official H R D / Vincent distributor in Malta.</p><p></p><p>Yes he did sell it to a Scottish doctor some time in the 60s. Does anybody know who this doctor might be?</p><p></p><p>From that point on Bill just remembers having met the doctor some years later, who told him he had sold it in Canada.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have just found a photo album Bill gave me when he sold me his " B " Meteor in the early 80s, and therein are a couple of pics of the " B " Rapide in question. I will try putting them up here, and will also put them on the VOC page in Facebook.</p><p></p><p>There are 2 Rapides in these 2 pics. Bills bike is the one without a front number plate, the first bike on the left hand pic, and the 6th bike in the second pic.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]1103[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1104[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnbull, post: 28913, member: 2349"] More on the " B " Rapide mentioned in earlier threads. I phoned Bill Kind on Saturday evening and asked a few questions. Yes he did buy it from a British serviceman who was returning home after his term in Malta. The records should show that it was originally exported to Mr. Carmelo Tanti, The Strand, Gzira, Malta, who was the official H R D / Vincent distributor in Malta. Yes he did sell it to a Scottish doctor some time in the 60s. Does anybody know who this doctor might be? From that point on Bill just remembers having met the doctor some years later, who told him he had sold it in Canada. I have just found a photo album Bill gave me when he sold me his " B " Meteor in the early 80s, and therein are a couple of pics of the " B " Rapide in question. I will try putting them up here, and will also put them on the VOC page in Facebook. There are 2 Rapides in these 2 pics. Bills bike is the one without a front number plate, the first bike on the left hand pic, and the 6th bike in the second pic. [ATTACH]1103.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1104.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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