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An exclusive interview with Montesa's Jordi Permanyer
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Where were you born ?
I was born in Barcelona.
Where abouts was the family home when you were growing up?
The family home when my father lived, when he was alive, I sold when he died, now it has been converted into different flats in Barcelona.
When did you start to get involved with the company?
I started to get involved with the company, Montesa, when I finished school. At this time, I started to work in the summertime. I also was studying at University at this time, but I started my official working with the factory in 1972. I was 22 at this time
I was born in Barcelona.
Where abouts was the family home when you were growing up?
The family home when my father lived, when he was alive, I sold when he died, now it has been converted into different flats in Barcelona.
When did you start to get involved with the company?
I started to get involved with the company, Montesa, when I finished school. At this time, I started to work in the summertime. I also was studying at University at this time, but I started my official working with the factory in 1972. I was 22 at this time
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Jordi Permanyer
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Before you started working for the company were you riding motorcycles at all ?
Yes, I started riding when I was 17 years old. What sport were you riding in when you first started ? I first got riding motorcycles in trial and motocross competitions, also enduro, but after some experience in this I found that I was most competitive riding in trial, I just rode motocross for 2 years in the junior class, but in trial I rode the scottish 6 days trial three times. What years did you ride in ? I think it was 1972, 1973, 1974 or maybe was 1971, 1972, 1973. |
An exclusive interview with Montesa's Jordi Permanyer www.retrotrials.com
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An exclusive interview with Montesa's Jordi Permanyer www.retrotrials.com
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An exclusive interview with Montesa's Jordi Permanyer www.retrotrials.com
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Did you enjoy it ?
Yes, yes, very much very much and always with Montesa of course.
Yes, yes, very much very much and always with Montesa of course.
An exclusive interview with Montesa's Jordi Permanyer www.retrotrials.com
An exclusive interview with Montesa's Jordi Permanyer www.retrotrials.com
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Was your family rich and from a monied background....was this the case ?
We'll, errrr, my father's family had a distribution network for coal within Spain.They imported the coal from Sardinia and Corsica and distributed the coal in Barcelona. They have some trucks to do this, at this time there was no gas anyways, no electricity, everybody used to call. His family was not a very rich family, they were industrial also, but not so much rich, so when he started the production of motorcycles, he needed to get money from places and to borrow money. |
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