About Rex McCandless
Lived 1915 – 1992 (aged 76–77). Rex McCandless was a British motorcycle racer and inventor.
Rex McCandless (1915–1992) was a former motorcycle racer, designer and constructor from Northern Ireland.
Born in Hillsborough, County Down, McCandless had been a successful motorcycle racer prior to the Second World War. He had been working as a vehicle mechanic when in 1943, he went into business with his brother Cromie McCandless to repair vehicles for the Ministry of Supply. It was at this time that he built his own motorcycle which became the prototype for the successful featherbed frame adapted by the Norton Motorcycle Company.
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Who was Rex McCandless?
British motorcycle racer (1915–1992)
When was Rex McCandless born?
Rex McCandless was born in 1915 in Royal Hillsborough.
When did Rex McCandless die?
Rex McCandless died in 1992.
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Rex McCandless was a motorcycle racer and inventor.
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Rex McCandless was British.
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