Motor-Cycling
Later he became interested in motor-cycles, and his name appears in the 1909 records of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. The entry reads: “Crashed.”
His first job was with the National Motor Cab Company at Hammersmith. As a general assistant, one of his jobs was to discover—without causing a mass walk-out of drivers—how they “fiddled” the meters. It was the high-performance motor-car which demanded his spare-time attention, and W. O. Bentley and his brother went into partnership as distributors for the now extinct French D.F.P. car. W.O.’s share in the business was £2OOO, which was to come out of the money he was to inherit from his mother. It was a terrible , gamble, but one which came off. The D.F.P. “speed model” was eagerly sought, and the business showed a profit.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28795, 16 January 1959, Page 12
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