12 Facts About Phil Vincent

Philip Conrad Vincent was a British motorcycle designer and manufacturer.

Philip Conrad Vincent was born in Wilbraham Gardens, Fulham on 14 March 1908.

Phil Vincent's education began at St George's, a British Preparatory School in Quilmes, a suburb of Buenos Aires.

Phil Vincent was sent back to England to live with his uncle, John Vincent, who was a veterinary surgeon and lived at High House, Horndon on the Hill, Essex.

Phil Vincent spent a year at Downsend Preparatory School, Leatherhead.

Phil Vincent was then accepted at Harrow School where, in the school sanitorium during a three-week period of minor-illness in the company of another patient, an enthusiast, he was introduced to motorcycles.

Phil Vincent designed a brand new motorcycle with his own spring frame and marketed it as Phil Vincent HRD, with a choice of either JAP or Rudge engines.

Philip Vincent experimented with three-wheeled vehicles, amphibious vehicles, and automobiles.

Phil Vincent then worked as a car dealer and writer whilst continuing his lifelong technical devotion by working on a rotary-engine concept, which took most of his money.

Phil Vincent collaborated with writer Roy Harper on several books during the early 1970s including his autobiography entitled PCV, before suffering strokes and heart problems.

Philip Conrad Vincent died in 1979 at Ashford Hospital in Middlesex following a long illness.

Phil Vincent's ashes are interred in the family plot at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex.