This was the question that has now led me to having 2 loves of
my life, my family and my Rochdale Olympic!
When I first started dating my wife her father had a Rochdale Olympic in the garage which he had been intending to restore for a number of years. Unfortunately he found he didn't have the time as he was in the Bristol owners club and owning a classic Bristol 406 took up most of his spare time. Now, wanting to impress my future father in law I offered to buy this Rochdale off him so I could return it to its former glory. It was at this point that i should maybe have just bought him a drink down the pub and just had a manly chat! Little did i realise the amount of work this little car would need!
Once the hand of his daughter was well and truly stuck to mine then my intentions turned to the Rochdale Olympic. 5 years on and the car is slowly starting to get back together
The main reason I started this website was to just document the rebuild of this classic car or maybe help some people with their own Olympics or maybe i’ll just be able to get some advice? Either way there’s no harm in showing the world my pride and joy and if this website at least inspires a few more projects that have been languishing in the bottom of the garden back onto the road then “job’s a good’un”.
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Now for a little disclaimer!
Contained in this website is a diary of my Rochdale Olympic Rebuild. I don’t profess to be a master mechanic or fibreglass expert and anything you see in here might not be "your way" but that's what a project like this is all about, getting stuck in and getting your hands dirty! A wise old mechanic once said to me “The right way to do something is your own way” Now although this is my philosophy on this rebuild I have had my head stuck in a few fibreglass repair books and have experience of 2 years in a Glider repair bay which has certainly provided me with some on the job training? If I think my repairs will work then that's usually the way i'm going to do them. Any advice is always welcome so feel free to get in touch if you think you can help me
out.
Forum
If you feel you want any advice or just want to talk about Rochdales then start a topic in the Forum located in this website.
The Picture of the Rochdale Olympic at the top of this screen was painted by my Father-in-law and previous owner Mr Dave Allen. If you are interested in a painting commisioning of your pride and joy then Mr Allens email and other examples of his work can be found in the Links section of this website.
Enjoy this diary of a Rochdale Rebuild and lets see some more of these beautiful cars back on the road…………..
last updated:-
Sunday 21st June 2009 (The Rochdale rebuild diary 2009 is under starters orders! With my college course over watch the diary for some progress on the bodyshell!)
NEWS:- At last I have managed to speak to the original owner and builder of my car. He has some photos of the original build and I will definately put them up here when I recieve them.
NEWS:- The original builder has found some photos of the car in all it's gel coat glory. great news!
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