Godfrey Imhof
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EnglishPaddington, London, England
| Alfred Godfrey Imhof | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Born | 6 May 1911 St Giles, London, England |
| Died | 27 August 1963 (aged 52) Paddington, London, England |
Alfred Godfrey Imhof (6 May 1911 – 27 August 1963) was a British racing driver in trials, rallies and hill climbing. He was the winner of the 2nd RAC Rally that was held in 1952, driving an Allard-Cadillac J2.
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 Gramophone Company's recorder factory, built in Oxford Street in the 1950s.
Family
His sister, Barbara Kathleen ("Betty"), married Major Arthur Frederick Frayling, OBE,[1] chairman of the Hudson's Bay fur auction house in London and of the International Fur Trade Federation; their sons are Nicholas Frayling, Dean of Chichester from 2002 to 2014, and the educationalist and writer Sir Christopher Frayling.[2][3]
