After selling speedway to Vivian, a word with his father saw John Prestwich gave Greening the go-ahead to start work on an experimental engine. On the advice of Stan Greening, who became his chief technical advisor, Prestwich took a trip to Stamford Bridge Speedway in West London – home of Chelsea Football Club – but showed little appetite for getting involved in this burgeoning sport.īut a visit by Stamford Bridge captain Bill Bragg to the JAP stand during the 1929 Motorcycle Show at Olympia, London saw him meet Prestwich’s son Vivian. But a move to Tottenham, North London in 1895 saw Prestwich become one of the most prolific engine manufacturers in the world. Founded by inventor John Alfred Prestwich, JAP was a business initially specialising in the production of scientific instruments, experimental apparatus, and machines for making and showing cinema films.
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