Phillip C. Vincent astride a prewar Series A Comet. (Photo: Dee Vincent-Day, Vincent's Son-in Law)

Assembly area inside the Vincent Works (Stevenage, England). Visible are two Vincent twins with the one in the foreground arranged to illustrate how the bike separates into three components: rear frame member, engine, upper frame member and front fork. The raised oil lines visible on the timing chest cover indicate that the photo was taken very early in the post war run, probably in 1947 as part of the publicity surrounding the return to peacetime production and the debut of the Series B Rapide. (Photo: Dee Vincent-Day, Vincent's Son-in Law)

Another view of the Vincent Works (Stevenage, England). (Photo: Dee Vincent-Day, Vincent's Son-in Law)

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