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CAPTAIN LES
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No joy - try again

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3095477177_ac2da400e4.jpg?v=0
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Les, great pictures! I have saved the pic of the interior of the Olympic, as it is the most complete interior that I have seen. I should imagine that a lot of the wood is "custom".

I for one would appreciate you putting pics of the suspension on here.

Rod
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There you go Captain.........

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Rod - I cut all the wood from the richest chunk of mahogany I have ever seen. I always liked to see different materials together, and set the instruments in 3mm aluminium sheet and used an oxblood leather hide for the trim. Countersunk stainless screws hold the lot together. The Les Leston looked pretty naff at the start, and, incredibly, had been fouling on the instrument binnacle for about 120 000 miles.... I had to turn a double piece of the mahogany about 2" thick to get clearance. The gear lever and centre cap were also made on the lathe. Careful cleaning and two coats of eggshell polyurethane transformed the wheel - glad I kept it now.
Thanks also Paul for the picture. Trouble is, I STILL don't know how you've done it - I was only putting the post office shot up to test the process! Is the IMG button something to do with it? I've tried the FAQs - "To display the image use either the BBCode [img] tag or appropriate HTML (if allowed)." eh? Pasting the address obviously doesn't work. If someone can enlighten me....

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Les, is that a vent of some sort on the nearside front wing behind the wheel. or is it a reflection?

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you talking about the top hinge box? The only 'vent-like' thing I can see near the wing.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

About 4 posts up, on Paul Gethings post, there is a 3/4 view of the car and just behind the front wheel is a vent..... or not....?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah, and there's me thinking you were speaking about the image just before your post Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mean this.........?

That area is double skinned on a Ph1..is it the same on a Ph2.......can't think of a use.

Be a good one for the Christmas Quiz Very Happy

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's exactly what I mean! What is it for?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sufferin' catfish, lost out on the rear dampers AGAIN!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry, guys, I'd missed all the interest with the euphoria of getting my pictures on the other strand! The first owner (Dave Collings) seemed to have a "thing" about little fibre-glass blisters and had them all over the car when I bought it. There were two lumps for a hatchback support bracket and another on each side where the pillars had been drilled as a top mounting point for seat belts. The remaining one commented on was an air intake for the heater which Dave had fitted down there. Never made much of it functionally, but it generated such a lot of interest I hadn't the heart to cut it out.

OLYMPIC PEDAL BOX Do you still want one of these Rod? Keith Pratt rang me last night for a follow-up chat on my magazine piece about rear suspension. He has a complete box tucked away, which sounded in rather better condition than mine. If you want to e-mail me at lesbrown46@hotmail.co.uk I will send details. Keith bought his Olympic new a month or two before mine (1964). He thinks the rear holes were already drilled, and, unlike CTO, the ride was really smooth from the start (I think they are IF everything is right). He really regretted the unavailability of Woodheads - I think he would have gone for the set I just sold - but did come up with a telling observation. Apparently, the threaded bit at the bottom of a Woodhead was shorter than on later types. The result was that the rubbers were only lightly squashed as the nut ran out of thread - they could still be turned by hand when installed. Rochdale said this was normal, and it would clearly allow a lot more compliance than if you really tighten down on a SPAX or AVO set-up. I did find only half-tightening an AVO and then using a lock nut made a very noticeable difference to the ride before I did the re-alignment bit.

E-BAY sorry Paul, you’re not having much luck are you? Still, if at first you don’t succeed.... there’s a pair(?) of AVOs going on tonight. And a few other bits and pieces!

Les
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have sent you an email Les.

Rod

PS. Thanks for explaining the blister in the picture!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No problem. Here's some more to ponder on (early picture)
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that they look so much better with the original rear wheel arches, such a balanced design. Mine have been cut away, but I still have the original parts handed down to me, and I will try to reinstate them- providing I can fit some wheels under them!

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