Olympic Phase 2

About the Olympic Phase 2

Rochdale cars were a series of mainly glass fibre bodied British sports car made by Rochdale Motor Panels and Engineering in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England between 1948 and 1973. The company is best remembered for the Olympic coupé made between 1959 and 1973.

The breakthrough came in 1959 with the monocoque Olympic designed by Richard Parker[3] and only the third glass fibre monocoque bodied car to enter production (after the Berkeley and Lotus Elite).[4] This featured a closed coupé style bodyshell with the provision for 2+2 seating but the rear seats were very cramped and many builders left them out. Unlike many sports and low production cars of the time, wind down windows were installed.