John Zemlik is a British motor vehicle engineer associated with W.B. Motor & Engineering, an independent garage on Church Lane in Normanton, West Yorkshire.
Public information about Zemlik mainly comes from the garage's own website and MOT-centre listings. The page therefore covers his public business and engineering work rather than private biographical detail.
Motor Trade Career
W.B. Motor & Engineering's website states that Zemlik began motor vehicle technology studies in 1973 and entered the motor trade in 1975. The same source says he had an existing motor trade business in Normanton before taking over W.B. Motor & Engineering in 1988.
The garage presents him as a qualified motor vehicle engineer. Its public service list includes MOT testing, diagnostics, servicing, tyre work, brakes, exhausts, steering, suspension and cycle repairs.
W.B. Motor & Engineering
W.B. Motor & Engineering is a long-running local garage at Church Lane, Normanton. The business says it was founded in 1922 by brothers Francis and Oliver Walker and later passed to Edgar Walker. It describes itself as Normanton's original MOT testing station.
Under Zemlik, the business has continued as an independent garage serving cars, motorcycles and bicycles. A separate MOT-centre directory lists W.B. Motor and Engineering Co at 11 Church Lane, Normanton, with John Zemlik named as proprietor.
Aviation and Mechanical Interests
The garage website states that Zemlik has a wider interest in mechanics and a particular interest in aeroplanes. It describes him as a qualified pilot and says he restored a 1941 North American Harvard and an ex-RAF Chipmunk, both of which were displayed on the airshow circuit.
Those details are relevant because they place his work beyond ordinary garage repair and into practical restoration of older mechanical systems. The claims should be kept to what the public business source supports.
Cycling
W.B. Motor & Engineering also offers cycle sales and repairs. The business says it stocks Raleigh and Diamondback cycles and provides repair facilities. It also describes Zemlik and Shaun Lythgoe as keen cyclists.
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