Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie

[jbcollier]

Please post photos of ORIGINAL, early, S1 oddie pins here.

It is my understanding that some came with key-locks and some had the "wing" style grip.  Perhaps the front had the key lock while the rears the wing grip?

I bought these "reproductions" that were supposedly based on the originals (less locks and wings).  I plan on silver-soldering "wing grips" to them.

[jbcollier]

http://www.lotus-europa.com/manuals/s1parts/b/b1.htm

The parts manual shows different pins front and rear, and the (small) illustrations seem to indicate the fronts had locks while the rears had wing grips.

[jbcollier]

From an earlier thread:



Possible confirmation that the fronts had locks while the rears had wing grips.

[jbcollier]

From an earlier thread:

Oddie pins from a 47





These are more like the Oddie pins available for British motorcycles.

[jbcollier]

Photos of original plates, pins and locks from the groups IO list:

[jbcollier]

The locks are standard short cabinet locks you can pick up from a hardware store.  The oddie pins have a collar that is pinned to the lock cylinder.

[AMV 410H]

Thanks for this John, excellent information. I had been looking at methods for securing the covers. I noticed that Oddie plates were available at Europa Engineering but their picture seems to show an Advel pip pin rather than an Oddie stud.
Regards Paul

[jbcollier]

They are shown in their online catalog but haven't been available for years.  Same with Kelvedon and others.  Enquires all receive the same "tool is broken" reply.

[surfguitar58]

It kills me that these were never offered in stainless.
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