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Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« on: Thursday,June 04, 2020, 11:15:58 AM »
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.



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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #1 on: Thursday,June 04, 2020, 11:24:56 AM »
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.

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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #2 on: Thursday,June 04, 2020, 11:27:44 AM »
From an earlier thread:



Possible confirmation that the fronts had locks while the rears had wing grips.
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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #3 on: Thursday,June 04, 2020, 11:30:15 AM »
From an earlier thread:

Oddie pins from a 47





These are more like the Oddie pins available for British motorcycles.
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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #4 on: Saturday,June 06, 2020, 05:20:56 PM »
Photos of original plates, pins and locks from the groups IO list:






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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #5 on: Saturday,June 06, 2020, 05:25:53 PM »
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.

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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday,June 09, 2020, 01:11:14 AM »
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.
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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday,June 09, 2020, 06:29:59 AM »
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.

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Re: Obscurious Unobtainia Oddie
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday,June 09, 2020, 12:21:48 PM »
It kills me that these were never offered in stainless.
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