Vince & Son flourished for 120 years in their established profession as wheeled-transport specialists in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Founded there as coachbuilders in 1868 by John Orviss Vince (1846–1923), they carried on a successful local business as constructors of all types of horse-drawn vehicles right through to the inter-war period, when they began to include early motor-buses (‘Vince’s Golden Queen’) in their trade. At this time the business had passed on into the hands of J. O. Vince’s son Albert Edward Vince (1885–1954), and after the Second World War, on again to Albert Edward’s sons Peter (1915–1987) and Albert (aka ‘Bill’, 1920–2004) who fully embraced the motor engineering trade. During this latter period of 40 years, the business became well-known nationally as specialists in ex-go