Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[David Dunlop]

As always, Jordan...nice work!

David

[Jordan Baker]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about this restoration simply because everything has stood still since mid May. Don’t worry nothing negative has occurred, in fact it’s due to some great news I’ll hopefully post about in the near future that has kept me extremely busy.

Anyway onto an Otter post.

I love being able to match up original pictures to where they were taken. These two pictures were recently shared in a FB group showing an Otter LRC driving along a road. The only caption information was that they were taken in Hastings, England in 1942. Thanks to google street view and about 45min of time I found the exact spot. I was able to match up the roof lines after checking street by street. The pictures were taken from the front door of 315 Harold Road. Amazingly even the black pipe railing visible in the first wartime picture is still present today. Even the neighbors house still has the same stone caps on their brick garden wall. Across the street the one building has received a covering of stucco and new windows. But otherwise the buildings are unchanged.

[Jordan Baker]

The last picture showing the neighbors brick wall with the same stone caps.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

That is a great then & now set of photos, Jordan!

[Ed Storey]

I really like those then and now photographs, great sleuthing. One of the better aspects of the internet is that you don't have to fly to Europe to match up wartime photographs as in many cases you can now do it from the comfort of you own home.

[Jordan Baker]

It’s been a while and I finally getting a bit back into it slowly. Lots of good disruptions in the restoration world due to the shop build.

Anyways…..

While going through some boxes, I re found these wiring sections I had bought about 12 or more years ago. Turns out they are the correct ones for the Otter.

[Jordan Baker]

Figured I may as well get the shirt.