Alfred Godfrey Imhof (6 May 1911 in St. Giles – 27 August 1963 in Paddington) was a British racing driver in trials, rallies and hill climbing. He was the winner of the 2nd
RAC Rally
Wales Rally GB was the most recent iteration of the United Kingdom's premier international motor rally, which ran under various names since the first event held in 1932. It was consistently a round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) calen ...
that was held in 1952, driving an
Allard-Cadillac J2.
Career
Before the war, he teamed up in trial with Ben Richardson and Michael Lawson, in the Candidi Provocatores trials team, on a 1936 LM Speed Model (chassis BBY 333).
In the immediate post-war period, he became an industrial designer at
Allard and took part in the design of the K1 (two-seater), L1 (4-seater) models, and especially the competition J1, which he owned and competed Personally from 1946 to 1949.
He then became a London-based industrialist, owner of the
His Master's Voice
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recorder factory, built in
Oxford Street
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in the 1950s.
His sister, Barbara Kathleen ("Betty"), married Major Arthur Frederick Frayling,
OBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, chairman of the
Hudson's Bay fur auction house in London and of the International Fur Trade Federation; their sons are
Nicholas Frayling
Nicholas Arthur Frayling KStJ (born 29 February 1944) is a British Church of England priest. From September 2002 to February 2014, he served as the Dean of Chichester.
Early life and education
Frayling was born on 29 February 1944 in South Lond ...
, Dean of Chichester from 2002 to 2014, and the educationalist and writer
Christopher Frayling
Sir Christopher John Frayling (born 25 December 1946) is a British educationalist and writer, known for his study of popular culture.
Early life and education
Christopher Frayling was born in Hampton, a suburb of London, in affluent circumstance ...
.
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Rally results
References
External links
eWRC
English rally drivers
1911 births
1963 deaths
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