ca. late 1946/1947
"Inevitably, some replies to Elton's appeal for
staff (Vincent Motor Cycles) came in almost too late for
consideration, but two deserved special treatment. One was Denis
Minett, who had been a well known rider of Nortons at Brooklands,
but had been injured in a fall in South Australia and then spent the
war years in England with an aircraft firm; in fact he was a member
of the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers, but wanted to get back
to two wheels. We could only take him on temporarily as a tester, to
which he agreed, but when the factory was reorganised he was put in
charge of engine assembly."
[pg.357 - 'Phil Irving - An Autobiography' - publ. 1992 by Turton
& Armstrong, Australia.]
ca. 1948
"The engine would be a Black Shadow with a manual
control for the magneto, but otherwise standard, and would be built
by Denis Minett, who was now in charge of the Shadow assembly
line."
[pg.377 - 'Phil Irving - An Autobiography' - publ. 1992 by Turton
& Armstrong, Australia.]
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