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Topic: ex-John Plant Olympic |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 1
Views: 21250
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:11 pm Subject: ex-John Plant Olympic |
Looks fab in that colour! I'm biased of course...
Can't wait to get mine on the road. |
Topic: What's in a chassis number? |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 6
Views: 28848
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Forum: General Technical Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:47 pm Subject: What's in a chassis number? |
Thx Tony,
I'll continue searching for more and keep my fingers crossed... |
Topic: Olympic PII |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 3
Views: 23640
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:47 pm Subject: Olympic PII |
Looks lovely! Congrats to the owner... |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:42 pm Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Tony, thank you for your email.
Granted, I was of course hoping that you guys might have been sitting on more info about my '926 FWR', but it seems that it's somehow managed to go under the radar for ... |
Topic: Rochdale Olympic History Archive |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 7
Views: 27279
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:29 pm Subject: Rochdale Olympic History Archive |
Tony and Derek, hats off to the both of you!!
I know and understand just how time consuming work like this is. It's a gift to the whole classic car community that we have enthusiasts like the two ... |
Topic: What's in a chassis number? |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 6
Views: 28848
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Forum: General Technical Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:18 pm Subject: Re: Anders |
Tony, is this one for the Archive to provide an answer to?
Regards, Dave
I haven't got my hopes up too high.
But I just love finding the history of any classic car I own. So anything - even th ... |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:56 am Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Hi Tony,
No rush. Get private life and finances sorted first.
My wife keeps chanting to me that they should always come before my classic car hobby... Bhaaa... what does she know?? |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:25 pm Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Hi Howard,
Tony Stanton did reply to one of my articles over on ViaRETRO, but other than that I haven't had contact with him.
If he could help with any of the history of my Olympic, it would certa ... |
Topic: What's in a chassis number? |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 6
Views: 28848
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Forum: General Technical Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:32 am Subject: What's in a chassis number? |
Ha! All a bit haphazard then...
Okay, thx for your reply Keith.
But can we then deduct anything of interest from the order book number '1920'? |
Topic: What's in a chassis number? |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 6
Views: 28848
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Forum: General Technical Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:49 pm Subject: What's in a chassis number? |
Gents, sorry if this is a silly question, but I'm curious...
What's in a Rochdale chassis number?
What was the sequence of numbering? Did they at Rochdale merely start at #1 with their very first ... |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:39 am Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
I'm trying to establish a more complete history of my Olympic with reg number 926 FWR. I was hoping that someone in here might be able to help? Thus far - thanks to Tony Stanton and Keith Hamer - I kn ... |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:40 pm Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Hi Dave,
I'll be attempting to resurrect the little olympic to a spec very close to how it was first born. So it'll be painted a light pale blue.
Rear wheel arches will be left stock and uncut, a ... |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:35 pm Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Hi everyone,
We've just published an update on my Olympic on ViaRETRO today.
Keith has made good progress with the shell:
http://www.viaretro.com/2018/10/my-rochdale-project-monocoque/
Won't ... |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:33 pm Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Hi Dave and thank you.
I'm based out of Manchester - hence why we now live in the north-western corner of the Peak District with the Snake Pass virtually on our door step.
I currently fl ... |
Topic: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
Anders Bilidt
Replies: 16
Views: 56071
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Forum: Olympic Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:15 pm Subject: My Olympic Obsession and Restoration |
And then I happened to bump into Keith Hamer during the Manchester Classic Car Show 2016. This is when everything took a sudden turn. Suddenly, actually becoming a Rochdale owner seemed achievable. ... |
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